George Gershwin's Music

[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/26/00 11:31:54 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jaymercier@hotmail.com (Jay Mercier)writes:

<< Just played Gershwin's Preludes the other day - after tuning my own piano 
 with EBVT - these pieces have "life."
 
 My question is this:  How many tuners on this list actually play piano at a 
 proficient level (definition: Bach Prelude & Fugues, Beethoven Sonatas, 
 Chopin, Liszt, Brahms to start)  If you do, have you actually taken time to 
 play different repetoire, from Bach to Cage on a Well-tempered piano?
 
 I have found the only thing I haven't liked as much (not by much) on a 
 Well-tempered tuning are some quartal voicings for jazz piano.  Maybe I'll 
 find more in the future.  Otherwise, the Baroque, Classical and Romantic 
 repetoire I like to play now has soul. Even 20th century's Keith Jarrett's 
 Koln Concert is sounding better.  I thank Bill for enhancing the music in my 
 home and for my customers in the future. >>

Thanks so much for your efforts.  The thing is, I always know what the 
results and reaction to them will be, that's why I have used it as my primary 
and default system of tuning for some 8 years.  It has everything Ed Foote 
says he is looking for in a temperament and more, much more.  But you can't 
tune it using an FAC program.

Some things in life that are really good can't be had with shortcut methods.  
The EBVT cannot be tuned with any FAC type program, at least not until ETD 
makers come up with a calculation that will do what aural skills can do so 
naturally and so easily and, I might add, consistently.  The aural 
instructions are as easy as pie but Jay is one of the few people I know of 
who has tried to follow them.  All others have immediately tried to convert 
it to an FAC type program.  It won't work.

The challenge is yours.  The information on how to do it is as free as the 
air is to breathe.

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin