!!!!????

Since Benjamin Sommer knows more about tuning than all us punks, perhaps
more than all of us punks combined, perhaps we should call our practice
"Benjamin Sommer tuning", or "BS" for short.

John Starrett
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, John Starrett wrote:

> From: John Starrett <jstarret@math.cudenver.edu>
>
> Since Benjamin Sommer knows more about tuning than all us punks, perhaps
> more than all of us punks combined, perhaps we should call our practice
> "Benjamin Sommer tuning", or "BS" for short.
>
> John Starrett
> http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html
>
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Mr. J.S.! Your sense of humor is flat, and seems to need tuning. Allow me
to offer my services. I have a very useful temperament currently in the
research stages. Its based on the harmonics generated by the claws of my
cat when she scrapes. Theoretically, very intruiging. But it would be just
fine if you decided to name your tuning system after me; I give my
permission. Theoretically, very intruiging. Intruiguiging.

Jay here,
Well! Appropos this ill-tempered time-waster, I recall, not too long ago,
Mr. Burgess's wonderful contribution of the French crepitation artist who
wowwed the temperaments of audiences for many years. and, our cat, Thin
Lizzie, can meowl a Carillo lick that demands pitch analysis.
And if someone has a bone to pick -- and apparently, someone has -- our dog
D'Oggi, will do it gladly.
At 11:55 AM 12/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
>From: Benjamin R Sommer <bsommer@music.umass.edu>
>
>On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, John Starrett wrote:
>
>> From: John Starrett <jstarret@math.cudenver.edu>
>>
>> Since Benjamin Sommer knows more about tuning than all us punks, perhaps
>> more than all of us punks combined, perhaps we should call our practice
>> "Benjamin Sommer tuning", or "BS" for short.
>>
>> John Starrett
>> http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html
>>
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>Mr. J.S.! Your sense of humor is flat, and seems to need tuning. Allow me
>to offer my services. I have a very useful temperament currently in the
>research stages. Its based on the harmonics generated by the claws of my
>cat when she scrapes. Theoretically, very intruiging. But it would be just
>fine if you decided to name your tuning system after me; I give my
>permission. Theoretically, very intruiging. Intruiguiging.
>
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>
>

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Jay Williams wrote:

> From: Jay Williams <jaywill@utah-inter.net>
>
> Jay here,
> Well! Appropos this ill-tempered time-waster, I recall, not too long ago,
> Mr. Burgess's wonderful contribution of the French crepitation artist who
> wowwed the temperaments of audiences for many years. and, our cat, Thin
> Lizzie, can meowl a Carillo lick that demands pitch analysis.
> And if someone has a bone to pick -- and apparently, someone has -- our dog
> D'Oggi, will do it gladly.
> At 11:55 AM 12/2/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >From: Benjamin R Sommer <bsommer@music.umass.edu>
> >
> >On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, John Starrett wrote:
> >
> >> From: John Starrett <jstarret@math.cudenver.edu>
> >>
> >> Since Benjamin Sommer knows more about tuning than all us punks, perhaps
> >> more than all of us punks combined, perhaps we should call our practice
> >> "Benjamin Sommer tuning", or "BS" for short.
> >>
> >> John Starrett
> >> http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html
> >>
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> >>
> >Mr. J.S.! Your sense of humor is flat, and seems to need tuning. Allow me
> >to offer my services. I have a very useful temperament currently in the
> >research stages. Its based on the harmonics generated by the claws of my
> >cat when she scrapes. Theoretically, very intruiging. But it would be just
> >fine if you decided to name your tuning system after me; I give my
> >permission. Theoretically, very intruiging. Intruiguiging.
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
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leaves me breathless.

There will be a concert at the University of Mass.-Amherst on mon.
dec.6, featuring the Ben Sommer Heavy Metal Consort, performing my
ball-busting rendition of psalm 129- "Duh Profundis". Any and all takers.