Myths and Beliefs

[Bill Pillmore]

Sorry but I would like to follow this thread.  What are:
ET, WT, Reverse Well, and EBVT?
Thank you Bill

Richard Brekne wrote:
> 
> Bill Bremmer wrote
> 
> >> >
> >> > Richard, I listen to pianos all the time, both here, in my area
> >> > and
> >> > everywhere I travel.  I do occasionally find a good
> >> > representation of ET.
> >> > Sometimes, to my surprise, I find a mild WT as I did at the
> >> > Steinway
> >> > dealership in Los Angeles last June.  But the great majority of
> >> > what I hear
> >> > is not really ET and most often is Reverse Well.
> >>
> 
> Bill, I have no reason to doubt that many tuners, along the road
> towards learning a great ET temperament, make mistakes. Perhaps even
> make common ones, and perhaps even on of these is the reverse well.
> But my point is that ET, tho it may be hard, is quite doable for any
> tech who takes the time to look at such possible mistakes and pitfalls
> and correct them.
> 
> I have tried your EBVT by the way, and liked it well enough. I have
> one piano tuned to it at the UiB for the time being as part of my
> on-going experimentation with such things.  So its not that I have a
> problem with ET or any non ET. I dont. Why should I ?? I think its
> good to learn to do as many as possible. Your EBVT is a good one
> actually for working on your ear / beat counting skills IMHO.
> 
> Its good that it is pointed out that perhaps there is a common mistake
> being made by those attempting to learn first class ET tunings. Its
> another thing to imply that learning to tune a true ET is perhaps
> beyond most every tuners potential, and personally I doubt seriously
> that it is.  Its all a matter of identifying your own shortcommings,
> and working on them.
> 
> In any case, the tunings by experienced tuners I have been looking at
> over the past 8 months are generally well withing acceptable ET norms.
> 
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
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