Charles writes: << Maybe there will be some motivation to put it back in print if Ed's CD really takes off. What is really needed is for more universities to start teaching about temperaments. >> Greetings, We are doing just that at Vanderbilt, and Avery Todd is too in Houston, Paul Dempsey at Marshall(last I heard), as well as a number of other techs I have spoken with. It isn't a big deal to put a practise room into a Broadwood tuning and tape a chart on the door with a brief explanation. The charts I have published in the 6 Degrees liner notes are available to any tech that wants to copy them, or I can mail an email attachment with them on it. I found that the Broadwood tunings can be more easily sold to the skeptical when you describe them as "old fashioned equal temperaments", which is what they were at the time, (according to James Broadwood). This description puts most customers at ease, keeps the changes to a minimum, and opens the door to a new world of harmonic qualities. If this tuning is installed with a minimum of fuss, the musical qualities do the heavy work, and the overwhelming majority of customers are delighted with the new-found clarity of their piano. (tuners seem to be about the ONLY people in the world that care about perfectly aligned chromatic thirds!) Regards, Ed Foote
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