In a message dated 6/17/98 1:26:27 AM Central Daylight Time, fiol@bway.net writes: << Your statement about ethics at the end of your post lead me, out of curiosity, to ask what you would do if a customer specifically asked you to tune in ET? >> This almost never happens. Contrary to what most people say, that "people always ask for ET", my experience is that they almost never ask for a specific temperament unless they know about HT's. <<Would you use an HT and not tell them?>> No, not if the customer specifically named ET. << Turn down the work due to the annoyance it might cause your ears, now accustomed to HTs? >> In the rare instance that someone does make this demand, I refer them to another practitioner. It however is not due to "annoyance" but to a committment to personal standards. << Also, how does your temperament relate to sixth comma meantone? It sounds to me like much of it is similar. It also sounds like your temperament is similar to Werk-3, with the exception of more consistent fourths and fifths. Please, do let me know if I'm way off the mark on this one.>> The EBV is a VERY irregular temperament which means that all of the tempered 4ths & 5ths are of different sizes and slightly different beat speeds. The 6th comma meantones, either syntonic or ditonic both have all tempered 5ths equal to each other. I am not familiar with the Werkmeister-3, perhaps you could describe it. "Regular or irregular, smallest/largest size 3rds"? "Regular" or "irregular does not imply "better" or "worse" only different. I have noticed however that some of the irregular temperaments seem to be more interesting. The Valotti and the Valotti-Young are both regular and quite good as regular temperaments go. The regularity can help one remember what one is doing and offers the prospect of using an ETD to construct an interval of a specific size. All of the Meantones that are named "X comma Meantone" are regular. I have discovered how to use an SAT to construct them while compensating for inharmonicity. The irregularity of the EBV permits the very fine gradation from one tonality to another. Regular sized 5ths tend to make tonalities more distinctly harmonious or harsh. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin Thanks, Orlando Fiol >>
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