Non-ETs; more organic than ET?

[John Ross]

Would it possibly, be all in the eyes (ears) of the beholder.
You can't dictate to someone your views, of what sounds good or not. It is
an individual thing.
Let us not turn this into a free-for-all.
Lets just leave it and agree to disagree.
Best regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don A. Gilmore" <eromlignod@kc.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: Non-ETs; more organic than ET?


> I suppose, if your goal is to sound "just as crappy as Mozart did", you
can
> have your piano tuned like that and give a nice little solo concert.  You
> can even dress in period attire.  While your at it, why not turn off the
> central heating and light the stage with coal oil lamps.
>
> This is fine if you're just doing it for novelty, playing for
non-musicians,
> or just fiddling around.  But if you want to seriously play, compose, or
jam
> in the real, modern world, you'd better use ET.  Fortunately, virtually
all
> professionals do.
>
> Don
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jason Kanter" <jkanter@rollingball.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Non-ETs; more organic than ET?
>
>
> > Don, your credentials do not extend to musical history. Please educate
> > yourself a bit before declaiming like this. You might look at my website
> > http://www.rollingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm  for a visual of how
the
> > mathematics work in these temperaments. Mozart probably played on
> > instruments tuned to the Prinz temperament, which you can find in the
> group
> > of Well temperaments.
>
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