wait a minute while I get my flamesuit zipped up.... Conrad, can I get a spare? Ok. . . I've been wondering since I began tuning (20 yrs or so) why some tunings sound better, is it that special something.... or not? As we break the 1 cent barrier, the .5 cent barrier, and the .1 cent barrier, do the tunings play better? My gut level guess (ah I feel the heat rising) is that many people stumble out of equal temperament by little tiny bits, get those octaves and unisons nice, and that the pieces that they play at the end of their tuning "fit" the temperament that they've set on the instrument. I'd like to really test some instruments (maybe next convention)and graph out the temperament that ended up on the instrument. Many of the temperaments for everyday use only need offsets of 2 cents and less. It doesn't take much to drift away from ET. I'd bet that most instruments tuned in an hour or so aren't as close to ET as the tuner intended. Are you sure it's REALLY equal temperament that sounds so good? Ron Koval Chicagoland _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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