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David writes: 
>The biggest issue I see is where does one hear them all to decide which 
one/ones are
> appropriate for the situation?  Seeing the offsets written down, or a graph
> showing the offsets are interesting intellectual exercises, but how can
>we actually listen to them and compare without risking the wrath of a 
>non-adventurous client or staid store owner by HT-ing their pianos?

  It is impossible to embrace new territory without risk,so accept the fact 
that you may be asked to retune a piano to ET.  However, if you start with 
the mildest, like the Broadwood or Coleman 11, the chances of that happening 
are quite small, but the rewards can be great. What you want to do is to get 
the tuning under the hands of the pianist with as little talk as possible and 
let the musical differences guide the value judgements. 
   I used to use the Young to introduce the alternative approach, but there 
were a number of pianists for whom that was too much, too soon.  I haven't 
had that problem with the beginning listener whent the widest thirds are only 
18 cents,(Broadwoods Best).   
   The store owner might be very interested to find out that the console in a 
Young or Broadwood tuning will generally sell before any of the 
others..........
   A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are for. 
Regards, 
ED Foote RPT