In a message dated 2/25/99 2:56:01 PM Central Standard Time, pianotoo@imap2.asu.edu writes: << I have even been known to let the 5ths be on the wide side to accomplish this in extreme cases. >> This is one of the great ironies of compensating for inharmonicity. I first heard about it from Steve Fairchild. It is most common in the treble and bass sections but it sometimes can happen in the low tenor too. This is the reason why I have absolutely no problem with a piano which has a so-called, "poor" scale design. Send me your Acrosonics, your Whitmores, your Rudolf Wurlitzers, your Betsy Ross Spinets, and I'll give you the sweetest sounding tuning you've ever heard. Since I do not feel constrained to nor obligated to tune that which is virtually impossible on these instruments anyway, the Almighty Equal Temperament, you'll find my Acrosonic tunings replete with wide 5ths. I have had many, many customers volunteer the statement, "I have just *never* heard my piano sound *so* good!" They recommend me to others and I do it for them too. So much for "Common Law" and "Unethical, if not illegal *behavior*". Baloney! If it sounds good, do it. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
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