Ricard, At 13:57 11/5/98 -0500, you wrote: >Forgive me, fellows and ladies, but I wonder what good traits he has in addition to the ones you all despise so much? Well.... mr bill is a person who knows his way around the insides of pianos and can tune with a high degree of accuracy and stability. He has chosen to limit his tuning output to "historical" temperaments, i.e. anything _BUT_ equal temperament. This ability and predilection has garnered him the honor to be chosen to tune for seminars and conventions for the demonstration of said HT's. He is extremely well thought of, by himself. This is quite evident when in his presence, either real or virtual. His condescension knows no bounds. He has the ability to completely discount anyone else's expertise. His reaction to anyone questioning his statements dearth of corroborating evidence is to attack the questioner. How dare anyone question he-who-of-course-is-right! He has the amazing ability to equate equal temperament and those who tune it to a horrible conspiracy against all of music (he called it holocaust) and Nazis. So, if you wish to discuss HT's with him, (off-list, please) he will be your friend. If you even hint that equal temperament could possibly be a viable option, watch out. I know. Conrad Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College (319)-387-1204 Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Music - Communication that exposes us to the work of great minds that were dissatisfied by the limits of the spoken language - Martin Tolchin
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