historical distortion

i did historical archeaology for several years back in the eighties. this work focused on new england in the early 1800's. anyway, not much of the 'everyday' stuff actually survived. what did survive a mere 150 years was the 'ornamental' stuff. things which were 'put away' and whatnot. what went on in real life is lost information, there is the endless conjecture, of course, but little actual physical evidence...

about that time i was visiting the library at YALE, and walking down a street, i stumbled upon their music museum. to make a short story even shorter, all the keyboards had garish murals on the inside covers. these instruments were built to be SEEN, not heard.
they survived the test of time...

anyway, the point is that 'history' is more fancy than fact. of course, 'cultural revisionism' and whatnot is only done by the communists, etc.

i have modest experience with hindu, middle eastern, and chinese instruments, but, yet it seems these scales have seen revision after revision over the ages.

best, buzzy^
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