At 11:00 PM -0400 9/4/07, Aaron Rabushka wrote:
Really? You never heard the story about how he twitted Silbermann (sp?) by
playing in A-flat on a non-well-tempered organ?
Nope, but please tell us!
My understanding (from MUCH discussion on the HarpsichordList) is
that any organ that wasn't well-tempered was probably meantone, but
definitely not equal.
John
> > And another Bach question: how often did he want equal temperament and
> have to settle for anything but?
That's a very easy one:
Never.
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