And nether was MT.
RT
From: "Leonard Williams" <arc...@verizon.net>
Suggested reading:
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (And Why You Should Care) by
Ross W. Duffin. It seems ET has never been universally accepted.
Regards,
Leonard Williams
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On 5/22/09 4:35 PM, "David van Ooijen" <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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
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