Myths and Beliefs

[Richard Brekne]

Bill Pillmore wrote:

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

ET... Equal Temperament. WT... Well Temperament, Reverse Well... the reverse
of Well Temperament. EBVT... Equal Beating Victorian Temperaments

RicB


>
> 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
> > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
> >




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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html