diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index df5266a..e66a5ed 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-December 22 2024
+January 04 2025
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES b/doc/CHANGES
index 59dfc92..1039a3a 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES
+++ b/doc/CHANGES
@@ -15490,3 +15490,39 @@ abc2midi: corrections to the sus, sus4, sus2 and sus9 chords provided
 by Avik Topchyan were incorporated in the function setup_chordnames()
 into store.c
 
+
+January 3 2025
+abc2midi: it was recently discovered that abc2midi does not respect
+the microtone key signature when dealing with Turkish makams.
+In the sample file
+
+X:1
+T: Microtone key signature
+M: 4/4
+L: 1/4
+%%MIDI temperamentequal 53
+K: C
+B,2 D2|\
+_1B,2 _4D2|
+K: C _1B _4D
+B,2 D2|
+
+The last bar B,2 D2 should be played as _1B,2 _4D.
+
+Fix: most of the code dealing with the microtone key signature
+was already present in the function pitchof_b, however the
+implementation was not complete. In order to complete the
+implementation, the pitchof_b detects whether the note is
+under the influence of the key signature and invokes event_microtone()
+when necessary. The pitch shift is then applied just as if
+the microtone was already present in the note.
+
+Comment: the code dealing with microtones is very messy. The
+function pitchof_b is more than 120 lines of code because it
+also handles trills, and other note decorations. Information
+is passed around through global variables like workmic, workmap,
+note, pitchbend, microtone, setmicrotone. event_microtone
+is called before event_note. It is hard to determine what is
+going on. Many people have worked on this code.
+
+ 
diff --git a/doc/programming/eq53.txt b/doc/programming/eq53.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10021b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/programming/eq53.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+This table may be useful when working with TET-53 abc files
+n = 1 pitch = 60 bentpitch = 7960 C
+n = 2 pitch = 60 bentpitch = 8888 ^1C
+n = 3 pitch = 60 bentpitch = 9815 ^2C
+n = 4 pitch = 61 bentpitch = 6646 ^3C
+n = 5 pitch = 61 bentpitch = 7574 ^4C
+n = 6 pitch = 61 bentpitch = 8501 _4D
+n = 7 pitch = 61 bentpitch = 9429 _3D
+n = 8 pitch = 62 bentpitch = 6260 _2D
+n = 9 pitch = 62 bentpitch = 7187 _1D
+n = 10 pitch = 62 bentpitch = 8115  D
+n = 11 pitch = 62 bentpitch = 9042 ^1D
+n = 12 pitch = 62 bentpitch = 9970 ^2D
+n = 13 pitch = 63 bentpitch = 6801 ^3D
+n = 14 pitch = 63 bentpitch = 7728 ^4D
+n = 15 pitch = 63 bentpitch = 8656 _3E
+n = 16 pitch = 63 bentpitch = 9583 _2E
+n = 17 pitch = 64 bentpitch = 6414 _1E
+n = 18 pitch = 64 bentpitch = 7342  E
+n = 19 pitch = 64 bentpitch = 8269 ^1E
+n = 20 pitch = 64 bentpitch = 9197 ^2E
+n = 21 pitch = 64 bentpitch = 10124 ^2E
+n = 22 pitch = 65 bentpitch = 6955 ^3E 
+n = 23 pitch = 65 bentpitch = 7883 F
+n = 24 pitch = 65 bentpitch = 8810 ^1F
+n = 25 pitch = 65 bentpitch = 9738 ^2F
+n = 26 pitch = 66 bentpitch = 6569 ^3F
+n = 27 pitch = 66 bentpitch = 7496 ^4F
+n = 28 pitch = 66 bentpitch = 8424 _4G
+n = 29 pitch = 66 bentpitch = 9351 _3G
+n = 30 pitch = 67 bentpitch = 6183 _2G
+n = 31 pitch = 67 bentpitch = 7110 _1G
+n = 32 pitch = 67 bentpitch = 8037 G
+n = 33 pitch = 67 bentpitch = 8965 ^1G
+n = 34 pitch = 67 bentpitch = 9892 ^2G
+n = 35 pitch = 68 bentpitch = 6724 ^3G
+n = 36 pitch = 69 bentpitch = 6337 _4A
+n = 37 pitch = 68 bentpitch = 7651 _3A
+n = 38 pitch = 68 bentpitch = 8578 _3A
+n = 39 pitch = 68 bentpitch = 9506 _2A
+n = 40 pitch = 69 bentpitch = 7265 _1A
+n = 41 pitch = 69 bentpitch = 8192 A
+n = 42 pitch = 69 bentpitch = 9119 ^1A
+n = 43 pitch = 69 bentpitch = 10047 ^2A
+n = 44 pitch = 70 bentpitch = 6878 ^3A
+n = 45 pitch = 70 bentpitch = 7806 ^4A
+n = 46 pitch = 70 bentpitch = 8733 _4B
+n = 47 pitch = 70 bentpitch = 9660 _3B
+n = 48 pitch = 71 bentpitch = 6492 _2B
+n = 49 pitch = 71 bentpitch = 7419 _1B
+n = 50 pitch = 71 bentpitch = 8347 B
+n = 51 pitch = 71 bentpitch = 9274 ^1B
+n = 52 pitch = 71 bentpitch = 10201 ^2B
+n = 53 pitch = 72 bentpitch = 7033 _1c
diff --git a/store.c b/store.c
index fecc01c..718965c 100755
--- a/store.c
+++ b/store.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int main()
 
 */
 
-#define VERSION "4.96 December 22 2024 abc2midi" 
+#define VERSION "4.97 January 03 2025 abc2midi" 
 
 /* enables reading V: indication in header */
 #define XTEN1 1
@@ -3708,6 +3708,7 @@ int *pitchbend;
   char acc;
   int mul, noteno;
   float pitchvalue;
+  float microtoneshift; /* [SS] 2025-01-03 */
   int pitch,bend;
   int a,b;
   int j;
@@ -3729,13 +3730,26 @@ int *pitchbend;
   mul = mult;
   noteno = (int)note - 'a';
 
+
+
   /* [SS] 2015-08-18 */
   if (acc == ' ' && !microtone) {  /* no accidentals, apply current state */
     acc = v->workmap[noteno][octave+4];
     mul = v->workmul[noteno][octave+4];
     a = v->workmic[noteno][octave+4].num;   /* 2014-01-26 */
     b = v->workmic[noteno][octave+4].denom;
-    event_microtone(1,a,b);
+/* [SS} 2025-01-03
+   if the key signature contains microtones which applies to the
+   note, we call event_microtone which will return the globals
+   microtone, setmicrotone.num and setmicrotone.denom and
+   they are applied to the note.
+*/
+    
+    if(a != 0) {
+       /* [SS] 2025-01-03 */
+       //printf("calling event_microtone from pitchof_b\n");
+       event_microtone(1,a,b);
+       }
   } else {  /* some accidentals save the state if propagate_accs != 0 */
     if (propagate_accs) {
       if (propagate_accs == 1) {  /* accidentals applies to only current octave */
@@ -3762,8 +3776,6 @@ int *pitchbend;
   if ((temperament==TEMPERLN) || (temperament==TEMPEREQ))  {
  
     pitchvalue = tscale[p]/100.0; /* cents to semitones */
-    if (acc == '^') pitchvalue = pitchvalue + mul*accidental_size;
-    if (acc == '_') pitchvalue = pitchvalue - mul*accidental_size;
 
     pitchvalue =  pitchvalue + octave*octave_size/100.0 + middle_c;
     
@@ -3779,7 +3791,9 @@ int *pitchbend;
              * or
              * microstep_size is the octave fraction for temperamentequal
              * */
-           pitchvalue +=  setmicrotone.num * microstep_size/100.0;
+           /* [SS] 2025-01-03 */
+           microtoneshift =  setmicrotone.num * microstep_size/100.0;
+           pitchvalue += microtoneshift;
        }
 
 	else /* microtone relative to sharp step in the current temperament */
@@ -4328,9 +4342,10 @@ int xoctave, n, m;
   if (v->drumchannel) pitch = barepitch(note,accidental,mult,octave);
   /* [SS] 2015-08-18 */
   pitch = pitchof_b(note, accidental, mult, octave, propagate_accidentals,&active_pitchbend);
-#ifndef MAKAM
+/*#ifndef MAKAM
   pitch_noacc = pitchof_b(note, 0, 0, octave, 0,&dummy);
 #endif
+*/
   if (decorators[FERMATA] && !ignore_fermata) {
     if(fermata_fixed) addfract(&num,&denom,1,1);
     else num = num*2;
@@ -4798,7 +4813,6 @@ struct fraction modmic[7];
       v->basemul[i] = modmul[i];
       v->basemic[i].num = modmic[i].num;
       v->basemic[i].denom = modmic[i].denom;
-      /*printf("basemic[%d] = %d %d\n",i,modmic[i].num,modmic[i].denom);*/
     };
   };
 }