Stephen wrote: << I would be interested if some of you would try Montal's method and report back on the quality of the resulting ET. (Bill Garlick are you there?) >> I spoke with Bill G. two years ago, shortly after he had tuned according to the Montal instructions. He stated that the resulting temperament was very, very close to the modern ET. This does not mean that the average tuner was using these instructions. They are much more difficult to use than the average MT or HT, and just because they were published does not really support that they were in use. We are not going to resolve much on the historical questions of temperament without listening to music performed on them. Regards, Ed Foote
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