Non-ETs; more organic than ET?

[Delwin D Fandrich]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of David M. Porritt
> Sent: April 03, 2004 11:18 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Non-ETs; more organic than ET?


> --- big snip ---
>
> Engineers (who are not always the most artistic lot) tend to
> think that if a temperament can be constructed with a rational
> number it must be right.  However, if one wants to hear what
> Mozart was hearing you can't use ET.  Of course hearing what
> Mozart heard might not be important to you, but if it is................
>


...then one must play it only on the same instruments (or their exact
replicas) Mozart played on. Anything else would just not be the same.

Del