historical temperaments,modern ears

Greetings to all the list,

I have been watching this list for a while, and for a first entry
here, would like to know if there are any practising tuners out there that
are using non equal temperaments for modern work.
After tuning in Nashville recording studios for the last 18 years, I
finally convinced a studio owning friend to try a Well temperament,( Young
1799) on the piano. He heard it once, and declared that he would never go
back to equal temperament.
Very interesting responses. The guitar players all love the increased
harmony available in the purer keys. ( actually, any key with less than 4
accidentals).
There was one demo session where the singer *had* to sing in F#, and
there was a lot of eyebrows raised; yes, it did sound out of tune, but the
piano player was not posessed of an 18th century tonal education, so there
was no question of him working within the temperament.
I have found it very interesting the way different people register
the difference in sound. Approx. 30% of the musicians notice the increased
purity in the simpler keys, and approx. the same number notice the increased
dissonance in the more tempered keys, there are some that don't notice
anything until it is pointed out to them, and a very few pianists that
instantly recognize the aural palette and can grasp what effect composers
were, by manipulation of key character, seeking .
I would really like to hear from anybody else that is currently working
on a temperament crusade, I really think there is more interest in the topic
than the current dialogue indicates.
regards,
Ed Foote
Precision Piano Works
Nashville, Tn.

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I'd like to get a copy of your 88CET demo. What do you need from me?

Michael Leger
Body-Centered Music

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Hello Gary,

I would like to have a copy of your demo.

I think not so many will ask from you since not many will have a DAT! BTW,
I bought a DAT also because I want to record some demo of my tuning. What
a coincidence. When I get it ready shall I give you a copy?

Anyway, my address to mail the tape is:

16 RN-10,
Fairview Park,
Yuen Long,
Hong Kong.

Do I need to pay you anything plus postage? Thanks for all the post card
and lists, etc you've been sending to me too. Must have cost you a lot of
money, and time.

Oh, or are you sending out cassettes, not DAT? I don't mind.

Regards and thanks again,
Linus Liu.

> About a month ago I mentioned that I have a new 88CET demo with more
music on
>it, and that I'd be happy to send copies of that demo to whoever wanted to hear
>the sounds I spoke of in my 88CET posting series. But I had to wait until my
>DAT deck came home to me from the shop, since it's on a DAT master.
>
> Well, at long last my DAT deck fiiiiiinally made it back from the shop.
>
> I have copies out to Johnny Klonaris and Randy Winchester, because I
know for
>sure that they asked for copies. Did/does anybody else want a copy?
>
>


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Sorry to keep bugging everybody about my 88CET demo.

Linus Liu pointed out that I probably confused people about it when I babbled
on about my DAT deck. I mentioned my DAT deck because it was in the shop for
over a month and the master of the demo is on DAT.

I mentioned my DAT deck only to make excuses for why I hadn't filled the
orders for a month, not to imply that you need a DAT deck to hear the demo. You
don't; the copies are on ordinary dolby-B cassettes.

Sorry for the confusion.


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