Temperament use, (was Feldman's piano)

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Allen writes:

<<am I right in assuming that Meantone would be a little extreme for jazz? >>

I don't know. I hold to the idea that there is no "right" or "wrong" 
temperament,  they all have their place.  It might be a jazz player found something so 
useful in a meantone tuning that the lack of transpositon was worth it.  
     On our "6 Degrees" CD, there is a 1/4 comma meantone used for a 
Scarlatti and a Mozart piece.  It is, imho, the "right" tuning for one, and "wrong" 
for another.  I have several people tell me that it was "right" for both!  
   I haven't had any luck selling the meantone tunings.  Anything that takes 
the third over 21 cents just seems to bother too many people when placed on a 
modern piano. 
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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