Tim Mahon writes: >My problem is, I can't make up my mind where I stand on HIP. I know I will crack the heart in Don Satz and other HIP fans on the list now, but Historically Informed Performances are pointless, as there will never be a perfect HIP. Take just such a thing as that Haydns String Quartets played in HIP don't slow down over the time [when the overwind in the metronome weakens]. And now the physicans come and tell me that one second is not longer as long as it once was... Mats Norrman [log in to unmask]