Dennis, The Verituner does accommodate inharmonicity note by note and does it fairly well. These would be offsets from its internal "ideal" ET from which it deviates already by measuring eight partials of each note (where they are utilized) and targets note placement by partial strength and matching. Andrew Anderson TAMIU, LCC... At 10:18 AM 12/2/2005, you wrote: >It has always been my understanding that those "lists" of >temperament offsets are purely calculations of paper tunings not >accounting for inharmonicity. This would be the same as tuning >equal by setting every note at 0.00 on the machine. I think there >have in some cases allowances been made to calculate with FAC >numbers, for example, but I don't use it myself. My point being is >that's important to know the difference. It wouldn't be acceptable >to tune an equal this way, and there's more at risk >here.....(IMO). If a tuning labeled "equal" comes out >unsatisfactory then the tuner is responsible. If a tuning labeled >"unequal" proves unsatisfactory, then usually it is the class of >unequal temperament that takes the brunt. Touchy issue, of course, >....but maybe that is beginning to change now too. > > >cheers- > >dennis johnson >St. Olaf College > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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