what's with the new temperaments

[Richard Moody]

----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Koval <drwoodwind@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 8:20 AM
Subject: what's with the new temperaments


>
> What this may show is that they had a goal in mind, but their
implementation
> was seriously flawed, if they couldn't repeat a tuning with any
regularity.
>
> Ron Koval

The implementation was not flawed.   The piano supply house sells
"Sensation of Tone". or local libraries have it.   See page 485.
Yes they the tunings then were not as fine or close as today, but
that is not the point.  If you are truly interested in how ET was
tuned in  the 19th century you might be interested in the research
of Ellis, and the writings of Montal.  ---rm