help with temperament experiment

[Ron Koval]

Hey, it kinda rhymes!

Anyway, over on pianotech, we've come up with an experiment that I'd like to 
see any willing CAUTs participate in:

Comparing ET vs. one particular historical temperament.  Please choose two 
matching instruments, adjoining practice studios, or wherever you think 
appropriate.  To make this as "blind" as possible, post notices and collect 
responses.  Something like this:

Students / Staff

We are evaluating these two instruments.  Please participate in this
evaluation.  Play both of these instruments, list any differences you can 
feel and/or hear, (touch, tone, musicality, dynamic range) and place your 
responses in the envelope located in the office.  Thank you
very much for your input.

***********

Obviously, this is limited to those of you with tuning gear that can work 
with offsets from ET.  Our chosen temperament for this experiment uses the 
following offsets:

I would suggest the following offsets from your best ET, with no forced
stretching, since I don't think non-ET tunings need it :
C  +5
C# +1
D  +3
D# +3
E  -2
F  +5
F# 0
G  +5
G# +2
A 0
A# +4
B -1


We should probably re-test after some time with the tunings switched, but 
let's just do the first round for now.

Any takers?  Let the group know.

thanks

Ron Koval
Concordia U.




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