Barbour shopping

Could anyone please tell me how I could get a copy of the classic J. Murray
Barbour, Tuning and Temperament? I realize it is an important addition to
my library and I have been rather surprised to find such authorities as
Joel Mandelbaum and Paul Erlich also recommending it...

The problem is that the book in the Lincoln Center library is always
checked out... maybe partially to the fact that it is out of print. It is
no longer published by Da Capo press NOR by the original publishers,
Michigan State University. Probably many of you know all of this...

It's a bit like Tantalus -- since the only copy is in the "research"
section and cannot be taken out of the library. It is also not always
there...

Does anyone have an extra copy of this book?? Could I purchase it? I
suppose if I could even BORROW one that someone is not using I could take
it to the xerox place.

Why do books like this go out of print?? What is wrong with our "culture?"

Please advise...

Joseph Pehrson

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Could anyone please tell me how I could get a copy of the classic J. Murray
Barbour, Tuning and Temperament? I realize it is an important addition to
my library and I have been rather surprised to find such authorities as
Joel Mandelbaum and Paul Erlich also recommending it...
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Have you tried Kraig Grady's favorites?

http://www.abebooks.com/
http://www.bibliofind.com/

They worked for me!

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Why do books like this go out of print?? What is wrong with our "culture?"
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Don't knock it -- we invented printing! And, as soon as somebody invents
strong encryption that can work in real time (say, up to the speed of
viewing a motion picture), books will start going out of print for good.

-Carl

At 12:09 AM 1/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>From: Joseph Pehrson <josephpehrson@compuserve.com>
>
>Could anyone please tell me how I could get a copy of the classic J. Murray
>Barbour, Tuning and Temperament?

The Just Intonation Network used to carry it in their Just Intonation
Bookstore; that's where I got my copy!

Gary Hanrahan

>Could anyone please tell me how I could get a copy of the classic
> J. Murray Barbour, Tuning and Temperament?

It's long out of print I believe. I found one by putting in a "book wanted"
request to abebooks.com. They bring together booksellers and buyers, and
individual people can list books wanted for free. And you can search. It
took me about 3 months to find a copy, last summer.

Rick