Hi Richard, The mild equal beating victorian temperaments is imho an example of "micro tuning". Why would someone hear the "difference" unless the same instrument was retuned? Find me two identical pianos and I'll tune one in ET and another in a mild temperament. Then you perform a single Beethoven piece on them and you will be able to tell me which you prefer--but not which one is ET. Bottom line is that Unisons are our first priority, then Octaves, Voicing, Regulation and then some where way down the list is "temperament". I suspect that even a shiny case makes a difference to how the pianist perceives the sound. I do not deny HT can make a difference. Just that so far as I know no one has done a proper "double blind" test. I do have a good friend who plays baroque violin professionally. They tune and perform in a Young temperament. She also performs in a "modern" ET group. They also tune and perform. It is simply *not* a big deal to string players. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:drpt@sk.sympatico.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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