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Mac Hayes <[log in to unmask]>
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Mac Hayes <[log in to unmask]>
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Was anybody else on the list present at a lecture given by Owen 
Jorgenson in 1975, at East Lansing, MI?  Or maybe it was Ann Arbor - all 
I really remember about the venue was that it was a pretty good-sized 
auditorium, packed to overflowing with attendees.

Jorgenson had five pianos on stage, all tuned to different temperaments, 
one of them being a specially odd one - a unique one of his devising.  I 
personally thought it was more a unique scale rather than a temperament, 
but what did I know at the time?  I don't remember any details of it 
except that it had a modal quality rather than a tonal/chromatic 
quality.  I believe this was about the time he published his famous book 
on temperaments; perhaps it is described in the book?

Jorgenson was a pretty good pianist, playing an early Beethoven sonata 
or two to demonstrate the various temperaments.  I was very interested 
in both harpsichords and organs at the time, and was hoping something on 
those instruments might be present, but not so.

Mac Hayes
Riverton, UT

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