Richard Brekne wrote: <<Interesting point of view, especially in the light of the fact that ET was largely developed because of an opposing point of view... That being said, I find not one interval in the Vallotti Young to be absolutely intolerable. Some are abit er.... harsh but I wonder how much of this harshness is because I am not er... accoustumed to them.>> The intervals are not too harsh to the musical ear. They would be to an ET-only tuner, but it takes a little listening musically rather than scientifically to see beauty in an unexpected place. One of the things that I have been doing is tuning an unequal temperament on many of the old uprights that I do, and most all of the spinets. Usually, the owners are not musically adept enough to tell that it is not ET, and it sounds good to me. I'm not sure exactly which temp that I do--I just arrange things to suit me. However, the F, G, C thirds beat about the same 6 bps, and the fastest thirds are C#, F#, and B. The A third is about the same than ET, the Ab is faster, the D is slower, and Eb is faster, etc, etc. Kinda Bremmerian, eh? Works for me, and no complaints so far. John Formsma Blue Mountain, MS
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