WTs

[Gregory Torres]

Dear Don and List:

WELL SAID!!!
That's pretty much what I have been trying to say all along.
It's just that some seem to think that there is only one correct way to tune a HT
and anything else is wrong.

Thanks for putting it so simple,  yet eloquent.

Sincerely,
Greg Torres

Don wrote:


> Hi folks,
>
> Following this thread with great interest.
>
> Points for you to ponder:
>
> 1. no one knows what these temperaments *really* sounded like.
>
> 2. no one knows if the directions (which were some what *general*) are correct
>
> 3. Seems that tuning HT's comes down to a matter of the *taste* of the tuner
> doing the work. The example I use with my clients about *quality* is this. I
> don't like cherry pie. That does NOT mean that cherry pie is NOT good, it
> just means I personally don't like it. HT's are by nature total subjective.
>
> Does anyone know if the temperaments as they became *newer* i.e. 1750
> compared to 1850 became *more* equal in semitone size? Was this a trend?
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
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