Hi Ed, Seems that you are much more enthousiastic and categoric about this than 7 months ago when I asked the question :-) I'm glad to see that this temperament appears to be a good horse to bet on it ;-) Regards, Philippe Errembault Ps : I don't follow the list on a very regular basis, I'm glad I didn't miss this one ! ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A at aol.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:47 AM Subject: The Bach Temperament > Greetings, > Well, I tried it. The tuning scheme that Mr. Lehman extrapolated > from > the inscription on Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier". The customer was > astonished at the effect. This is a customer that had been using a later > well-temperament, and he felt that the Bach tuning was a large > improvement. He plays a > lot of Chopin, as well as Beethoven, Haydn, and Bach. > It seems that Bach knew what he was doing( does that surprise > anyone?). > I would encourage tuners to try it and have a listen, this thing has some > serious claim to authenticity and fits well with virtually all the music I > have > heard played on it, jazz and 20th century standard stuff, too. > Regards, > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > >
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