On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Martin Shepherd <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> wrote: > Something I have only become aware of recently is that piano tuners in the > 19th/20th century who thought they were tuning ET actually modified it > slightly,
They always did and still do. But intentionally, mind you, they don't think they tune ET, that would be 'beneath their dignity' as any machine could do that! They 'adjust' or 'sweeten' the thirds as they call it. There are books full of different piano temperaments, but essentially these are just the more or less arbitrary personal preferences of tuners and players. Nothing mysterous about it, just a good set of ears. David - endless tuning -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
