Which exact temperament did you use? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@mediaone.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:48 AM Subject: Re: more reflections on Prinz > At 09:36 PM 1/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Charles writes: > ><< I guess I didn't know what I was in for, even after I read Ed's warning > >(about habit-forming pure intervals) on his CD's. Life will never be the > >same again. > > >> > > > >Welllllll, I tried to warn ya! Many people think those warning labels are > >for humor, but nothing could be further from the truth. ET loses a lot of > >its attraction after the ear becomes accustomed to some real key color and > >there have been several writers tell me that they would never listen the same > >again. This has got to mean something, no? > >Regards, > >Ed > > > > Well, I took the plunge and offered a non-ET tuning to a piano teacher. She > asked, "What will it do for me"? > I said that it will give more tone color, she said without hesitation, "Do it". > > I loaded a representative Victorian temperament in the Verituner and tuned > away. The results were a pleasant > surprise. Fuller, warmer, was her initial response.; loving it - days > later. One of her adult students told me the > piano never sounded better and will probably want something similar on his > piano next tuning. > > There's no turning back... > > > Regards, > > Jon Page, piano technician > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. > mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >
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