Was OnlyPure not P12ths Tunings

[Bernhard Stopper]

William, Ric,

same people who giggledd and laughed about the P12 approach when i came up 
with it in 1988 say today "that´s how i have done all the time..."

very interesting that especially P12 tuners have such problems in accepting 
when there is an important discovery (the fractal symmetry of beat ratios to 
frequency ratios in the P12 ET allowing the new pure interval method) on 
their own subject.

kind regards,

Bernhard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Cc: <hr@hirammusselmanlaw.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: P 12ths Tunings


> At 9:05 AM +0100 4/14/05, Ric Brekne wrote:
>>Me thinks Bernard missed his chance to patent this idea  when he first 
>>wrote about this some 20 years ago. Even so... patenting a tuning method 
>>???
>
> The principle of U.S. patent law is that an idea cannot be patented, but 
> its implementation can. Although this hasn't prevented large corporations 
> like Monsanto from copyrighting the DNA of rice and by extension, all 
> descendants (further elaborations) of it.
>
> So I'm patenting my pattern for the temperament based not the particular 
> width of an octave therein but on a P12th. Gonna brand it the Sonaeus�. 
> And sit back and wait for the royalties to arrive in my numbered Swiss 
> bank account.
>
>
>
> (.....giggle)
>
> Mr. Bill
>
> "A jester unemployed is nobody's fool."
>     ...........Danny Kaye, in "The Court Jester"
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