anyone know of these guys?

[Thomas Cole]

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Tom Cole

Don wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I was looking up something about care and maintenance and surfed here:
>
>Tiny url:
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>http://tinyurl.com/b4nwl
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>Complete url:
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>http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1ur98024h1kcs?method=4&dsid=2
>222&dekey=Care+and+maintenance+of+pianos&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc04a&link
>text=Care%20and%20maintenance%20of%20pianos
>
>The article mentions "There are a growing number of musicians and composers
>who are tuning the piano in order to achieve different kinds of harmony not
>possible with equal temperament tuning (normally found on the piano).
>Examples of such persons are La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Michael
>Harrison - to name a few. Their tunings create never before heard of
>combinations of intervals (some large and some "micro") that lend
>themselves to many beautiful and interesting new harmonies, scales, and
>textural effects not possible in equal temperament. Of course, these brands
>of tuning are limited by the internal structure of the instrument itself.
>One must be very careful because the soundboard or "plate" can only hold so
>much tension before it breaks."
>
>Does anyone know these folks?
>
>It certainly sounds as if the Wikipeda folks are anti non equal
>temperment--using a scare tactic of plate breaking.
>
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
>Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
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