A question on temperament-Dale

[Ward & Probst]

Bill & List,

A generous portion of Ed Foote's class last year was devoted to performance.
I believe that is also his intention this year, I'll let Ed address that
question. As far as "public" recitals, almost all of these will be sponsored
by the manufacturers and it is their choice who plays and who tunes. I will
try to have a piano available for informal playing tuned in an alternative
temperament. Some of these things are still in the planning stage so I will
have to get information out as it is available.

Best,
Dale
Dale Probst
Institute Director
PTG Annual Convention
Arlington, VA--July 5-9,2000
wardprobst@cst.net
(940)691-3682 voice
(940) 691-6843 fax



-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 8:49 AM
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Subject: Re: A question on temperament-Dale


In a message dated 1/13/00 6:38:30 AM Pacific Standard Time,
wardprobst@cst.net (Ward & Probst) writes:

<< In total there will be 7.5 hours of temperament
 classes not devoted to equal temperament. It is my hope that anyone who is
 interested in learning more about this subject will attend these classes.
  >>

Thank you very much for this info, Dale.  I had a good feeling that things
were getting better and I see that they are.  It would nice too, if
somewhere, one of the public performances had a piano tuned by Ed, Dave or
myself.  The more that people hear real music played on the piano as it is
usually played but in a different temperament, the more that people's
perceptions and feelings about this subject will be normalized.

In my opinion, the mistake that was made with the Baldwin recital was that
the use of another temperament was not announced to the public.  This
confused some people and made others feel as though they had been deceived.
A piano returning to the Yamaha C&A pool in 1/4 Comma Meantone was also and
understandably a shock.  The first thought in the mind of that technician
was
that deceit was the intention when it was not, in any way.

My sincerest regards,


Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin