Hi Terry, I can't give you piano--but Tafelmusik the Canadian Chamber Orchestra does have their harpsichord tuned to a Vallote-Young temperament. http://www.tafelmusik.org/ At 08:59 AM 3/6/02 -0800, you wrote: >I would stil love to hear a recording--ANY recording for either piano solo >or with orchestra, or chamber, where the piano is tuned to anything other >than ET. >I just may experiment on my OWN piano, by tuning some various temeraments >stored in my SAT III. > > >Terry > > >>From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM >>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >>To: pianotech@ptg.org >>Subject: Re: ET...go home >>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:50:03 EST >> >>In a message dated 3/6/02 8:36:44 AM Central Standard Time, >>pianolover88@hotmail.com (pianolover 88) writes: >> >> >> > If "WT" or ANYthing other than ET is so much better, in your opinion, >>than >> > why, I wonder, is ET so universally employed as the "standard?" I'm more >> > than open to hearing your thoughts. I only know that our Steinway tech >> > tunes >> > ONLY ET and his results are glorious! Let's remember that ten tuners can >> > tune ET on the SAME piano, and each may sound different, depending on >>the >> > accuracy, stability, and the amount of stretch of each tuning. >> > >> > >> >>Ahemmm! Terry, do you recall when I met you at that Steinway dealership >>and >>you asked my opinion on whether a particular Steinway was in good enough >>tune >>to go out? I said "yes" and I also remarked that it was not in ET but a >>mild >>form of a WT, even if it was not done that way on purpose. >> >>The more claims there are of ET only, it seems the more that I can prove my >>point that it just isn't so. That Steinway tuner may *believe* that he is >>tuning ET but if his results are consistently the way I heard that day, I'd >>say the reason his tunings sound so good is that they are *not* in fact, >>ET. >>I wouldn't, however try to bring this up with him because he might get very >>defensive about it. Believe me, I know this from experience. >> >>No one is ever likely to ask you for any of the tunings you have stored in >>your SAT because no one you're ever likely to tune for has ever heard of >>them. That is why ET is considered "standard" because for a hundred years, >>the knowledge of any other choice has been suppressed and denied to the >>public. Yet, people sometimes find a way to something better by trial and >>error while still holding contradictory beliefs. >> >>If you want to step into the HT territory, it is a bold move. You really >>need to know what you're doing and how to make the proper choices. If you >>go >>around talking too much about it, you'll get into the same kind of trouble >>I >>have. It's a serious step to take, not something to do on a lark. >> >>Bill Bremmer RPT >>Madison, Wisconsin >> <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e >>m m e r . c o m =-</A> > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.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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