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coulonnus's remarks regarding C P E Bach's statements on the problem need a little elaboration, which I had meant to include with my first paragraph above, and a related remark by Notenschreiber needs correction. What Bach says in his famous Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments is (...

I believe that both Notenschreiber and colonnus are correct, but some synthesis of their remarks would be helpful. Handwriting with quill pens tends to favour a dash rather than a dot, while some theorists, like Türk, would prefer a perfect world in which people could easily make the nicest distinct...