OT - was Non-ETs: .......

[Carl Teplitski]

If the golf industry made a club that hit the ball in one direction better than
in another,
it would be fine on the holes which played that way, but what would one do on
the holes
that went in the other direction. Guess you would have another club for that.?
Clubs are now
made to help correct very erratic shots by minimizing spin. This way the ball
has a tendency
to go fairly straight. In the hands of a good player, these clubs can still hit
the ball in a desired
direction. Sooooo, I think that the golf manufacturers are making clubs E.T.,
and letting the
accomplished players bend the ball to their liking.  In playing the violin, one
could play an open E,
on the E string, but musicains choose to play the E on the A string, so they can
apply vibrato, bend,
and the open string is played by players who are not as proficient and generally
can't tell the difference.
Seems like I've argued both sides here. Maybe that is why every now and again
this subject comes up,
and nothing is ever really decided, because those on the right feel the same
after all is said. Of course,
this discussion amongst pretty sharp people, does get the grey cells working.
It's possible that the
subject can't be resolved, so we should agree to disagree, and maybe someday
something will come
along to sway one group or the other, but I don't think it will be the E. piano,
whose tuning is quite E.T.
( I think )  Way too many variables to set hard and fast rules to. Great
musicians are considered that,
because of the way they play and interpret music. I wonder which key Mozart
would write in today.???

Carl / Wpg.



"Don A. Gilmore" wrote:

> Actually, I included that because I also play the bass guitar.  I can sort
> of understand the five-string, since you get a few lower notes than you
> can't get on a four.  But the extra high C string on a six seems silly since
> you can get the same notes on the G-string, except for the ridiculously high
> ones that a bass player has no business messing around with in the first
> place ;-)
>
> I actually saw a seven-string bass being played at a club here in KC
> recently.  The neck is ludicrously wide and the whole contraption looks
> almost comical.
>
> Don
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 6:59 PM
> Subject: OT - was Non-ETs: .......
>
> > Don Gilmore said: "Any other temperament is a gimmick, like
> > titanium golf clubs or a six-string bass guitar.  A $500 cue isn't going
> to
> > make you shoot pool any better and a fancy tuning isn't going to make you
> > sound any better."
> >
> > Don,
> > Now ya went and did it! Being a Bass Player, I personally know that a six
> > string gives you more options, (as does a 5 string, which is my main
> > instrument. The 4's stay on the stand most of the time!<G>) AND played by
> a
> > competant musician, is a whole new Bass Experience!
> > As for the Titanium Golf Clubs, they are better, according to my Golfing
> > Son. Finally, the $500 Pool Cue is hands down better than most sticks in
> > your local, smoke-free Billiards Hall!!!!!!
> > So There! :->
> > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> > Captain, Tool Police
> > Squares Are I
> >
> >
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