Victorian Tuning, "usual" or "best"?

[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 3/22/99 11:19:16 AM Central Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM
writes:

<< Put one in the Victorian that Owen lists as being from Broadwood's Best
 tuner.   
    You can always change it back in a flash. 
 Good luck, 
 Ed Foote >>

This might actually be the safest but Skip Becker thinks that the *usual*
Broadwood is a better temperament, it's what he uses as his normal concert
tuning.  The word *best* indicates that it is closer to ET and thus has less
contrast or "color".  A look at the figures I gave you will tell you that what
I do "straddles" ET very closely, yet it has very distinct contrasts.  That is
why it is compatible with other fixed pitch instruments in ET such as
Electronic Keyboards and MIDI programs.

If you get a favorable reaction from the Victorian over ET, it will indicate
that the artist finds it musically preferable.  You can, in fact, expect that
reaction.  If you go to explaining and lecturing about it beforehand though,
you can usually expect trouble.  It's all in the mind and the mindset, it's
not a conspiracy.

Good luck,
Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin