Historic tuning modes

[Mike and Jane Spalding]

Terry,

I met David when he was manning  the RCT table at the CyberCafe in Reno, and picked his brain about Historic Temperaments.  I believe he tunes the historic keyboard instruments at the Smithsonian.  I expect his class will be very worthwhile.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: Historic tuning modes


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> 
> BTW, who is David Lamoreaux? Doesn't he come from a family of French felt makers? Anyone aware of his background with non-equal temperaments?
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jason Kanter" <jkanter@rollingball.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:09 AM
> Subject: Re: Historic tuning modes
> 
> 
> Newton said: 
> > Maybe the final version should have a "significant" category to help
> > determine it's historical significant.  Obviously 200 HTs would have
> > quite a few that were less significant than others in terms of who, when
> > and where they were used.
> 
> I'd greatly welcome any educated opinions about which are significant. Also,
> there is a good bit of overlap (e.g. 2 versions of Werckmeister III. One of
> them is 7.8 cents lower than the other, but the offset pattern is
> identical... see the numbers immediately below. I could discard the one that
> has A at -7.8 cents...)
> 
> C +3.9    +11.7
> C# -5.9    +2.0
> D -3.9    +3.9
> D# -2.0    +5.9
> E -5.9    +2.0
> F +1.9    +9.8
> F# -7.8    0.0
> G 0.0    +7.8
> G# -3.9    +3.9
> A -7.8    0.0
> A# 0.0    +7.8
> B -3.9    +3.9
> 
> Here are the temperaments I have now...
> 
> MAJOR  SNIP!!!!
> 
>