source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 14:03:33 -0700 Subject: Re: tunings on the march From: Joseph Downing Aline mentioned general interest in tunings. About a month ago I did a presentation to the Central New York piano tuners guild along with our University Piano Technician, Bob Lee. Bob had tuned a Yamaha upright to my specification (lots of pure intervals, including 7 and 11 limit intervals), and he spoke on the problems he encountered and the procedure he used. (I speak in ratios; he speaks in cents.) Then I played a couple of pieces I had written for that tuning. To my surprise, EVERYONE loved the presentation and was really impressed by some original non-equal temperament thinking. I was very encouraged by their support. A couple even wrote cards after the event with some further thoughts. Joe Downing, in Syracuse Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 11:06 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA02116; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 11:06:43 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA02114 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id CAA10987; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 02:04:48 -0700 Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 02:04:48 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu