more on this temperament thing

[Tvak@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 10/18/01 12:34:55 PM, A440A@AOL.COM writes:

<< Consider that Chopin's music on a WT often produces a pure melodic line 
over a very tempered 
harmony.  >>

    I think the key word here is "often".  With Chopin's predilection for 
chromatic harmonic modulation, it wouldn't sound pure for very long.  And 
since he wrote in all the keys, let's face it, some of his pieces would 
suffer more "often" than others with any temperament that wasn't equal.   
    
<<Both Steinway artists here in Nashville have told me they are never going 
back to ET >>

I'm guessing that these artists are not playing Chopin in Nashville.  Could 
it be that the country tunes they play in Nashville are mostly in the keys of 
C, D, G, and A?   If so, then an un-equal temperament might really be best 
suited for them.  (But for Chopin...you can't sell me that bag of goods.)

I would actually like to learn a non-equal temperament that favors the keys 
of C and G.  So many of the pianos I tune have young students who play the 
piano.  They would never play an Ab major triad. They play mostly the white 
notes.  On little spinet pianos.  Little Betsy Ross spinet pianos.  
Wurlitzers, too...sorry, I was spiraling down, there...

Would it be possible to use a temperament which would maximize the 
in-tuneness of all the white notes?  Is there an un-equal temperament that 
would serve this purpose?  

Tom Sivak