one rubber mute

[Phillip Ford]

>WHen I'm in the temperament section, I'm constantly using reference 
>strings for checks -- testing fifths with the major sixth below the lower 
>note of the fifth, for example. How do you do this efficiently using a 
>single rubber mute?
>
>
>Do you mean you use strings you havent tuned yet as references? I dont do 
>that; I just tune as I go, using the tests Ive learned within the notes 
>Ive tuned. Email me privately, Jason, and well talk about this so you can 
>get an idea of what Im doing....
>
>David Andersen


Let's see.  We'll talk about Bush and Kerry on the list, but when you're 
going to have a discussion of tuning you're going to take it off list?  I 
think you ought to carry on this discussion here.  When I read Jason's post 
I thought the question above echoed my own questions (or skepticism, if you 
will) about this single mute method.  I don't have a lot of trouble seeing 
that it might work well outside the temperament octave, but I'm skeptical 
that it would result in a better temperament octave in a reasonable amount 
of time.  I would appreciate more specific details about the process that 
you follow to set the temperament octave using one mute.

Phil Ford