KTorres280@aol.com wrote: > > This sounds similar to a book by J. Cree Fischer (I hope I have his name > correct) in which a temperament can be set using only fifths. However, the > end result is supposed to be the same as with other standard methods. I have > tried this method without much success however. Another tuner I know used to > set his temperament with just fourths and fifths, not using thirds and other > checks at all. He was an excellent tuner but could not explain how he did it, > and he didn't even know what I meant when I asked him about the speed of the > beats in thirds and such...a technician from Russia taught him. But he sure > knew how to make even the worst pianos sound great! Similar, but still different. J.Cree Fisher's temperament uses tempered fifths. The temperament I mentioned deals only with strict perfect fifths. Regards, Michel Lachance, RPT
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