Boris Muratov's ET table

[Richard Moody]

First I would like to know why he choose 2.004 for the octave and second,
why he choose a number slightly different from the twelth root of two for
his ratio of the semitones.   It might be interesting to note that an
octave of the ratio of 2.00387xxx to 1  is that which produces pure 5ths
for 1/12 th root of 2.  Very close to 2.004xx  .

    Why did he want to produce a temperament with equal beating 3rds and
6ths?  Does he have figures for the rate of beats of the octave?

    Also is this temperament intended for electronic keyboards rather than
acoustic keyboards?
---ric


----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Galembo <alex@speech.kth.se>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Cc: Muratov <b_muratov@mail.ru>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:00 AM
Subject: Boris Muratov's ET table


| Dear Listers,
|
| My friend Boris Muratov, a piano technician and musical instrument maker
| from St. Petersburg, Russia, wanted me to present to the list the URL
| address of his "example of equal temperament with equal beating in major
| sixths and major thirds" for having opinions and discussion from
colleagues.
| The url is http://www.clavecin.nm.ru/e_equal.htm). Those who want to
| respond, may do that directly to Boris (b_muratov@mail.ru). Boris is not
a
| list member, therefore if any response will appear in the list, I will
| forward it to Boris Muratov.
|
| Alex
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