Re : Digest Number 396

> From: Joe Monzo <monz@juno.com>
>
>> [Wim Hoogewerf, TD 396.3]
>>
>> I had one of my guitars transformed into 24-ET to have access
>> to Haba and Carrillo. I just purchased a very good Pappalardo
>> guitar, which eventually can be transformed into another n-ET
>> version, but who's gonna be the composer?
>
>
> I'd love to write an n-ET piece for you, Wim. Which n-ET?

That's a nice proposal! However that's not exactly what I mend to say in my
last phrase. It's a sort of romantic idea, referring to *hidden* existing
compositions waiting for their first performance since a long time. Good
quality music, but simply no performers trained enough for the specific
instrumental efforts they require. I have some phantasies on these kinds of
historical pick-ups: 19t-ET lute compositions from an unknown genious in
the 16t century, recently discovered manuscripts from Constantyn Huygens in
31t-ET dedicated to his son Christiaan... (still to be found).
Cela dit, even if that's not what I mend to say, I'd love to set my teeth on
a new Monz' guitarpiece. But wouldn't it be a good idea to see what you can
do with my my existing instruments? 24t-ET and/or moveable frets with any
octave division you want as long as the number of steps in an octave (equal
or non-equal) stays within a certain limit. I have only twelve frets per
octave but I can *borrow* frets from another octave to go over that
number. Joe Pehrson recently wrote me a piece for this guitar which I would
like to present to the list very soon. I'm sorry, but I really cannot just
refret a guitar into n-ET andthen use it for one single composition still to
come.
That's understandable, isn't it? It's too large a step.

Wim Hoogewerf