In a message dated 8/11/99 10:04:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, you write: << What do you call a temperament that specifies all fifths to be tempered in such a maner that they are musically the same? >> This is called, "Meantone". It is the name that scares everyone away but ET, in fact, is a Meantone Temperament, a 1/11 Syntonic Meantone, or a 1/12 Ditonic Meantone. In either case, all of the 5ths are supposed to be exactly alike. If there is an error, it can be heard that one of the 5ths beats to fast or too slow in comparison with the others. An error will also affect the beating of 3rds and 6ths. I'm afraid that only a piano technician will make the statement, "Hey, this is not ET!" Virtually no one else is likely to have the expertise to know the difference. A musician will only complain about musicality in a more subjective way. Bill Bremmer RPT
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