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Jon writes inre temperament choice: 
>Moore Representative Victorian
>Mild enough so as not to alarm . The next step Ed tells me is the Thomas
>Young.
 
    Ah, yes,  the Young is cerainly another step towards key character.  
However, I have been receiving some input from other techs working their way 
through the tunings, and it seems that a smaller step can be found between 
the Moore &Co.  (or Broadwood's Best) and the Young, which is a full blown 
Well-temperament,(I say that because it has a third, the F#-A#, tempered by 
the syntonic comma, which seems to be a historical benchmark in many of the 
tuings).  This smaller step can be had with the "Usual" tuner's temperament 
from the Broadwood research in Owen's book.  
    It seems that the "usual" tuner's results were slightly less refined than 
the "Best" tuner's, giving the temperament stronger contrast between keys.  
Both of the Broadwood tunings are, imshl (in my somewhat haphazard logic), 
efficient beginning points for the customer wishing to try a little 
historical flavor to their keyboard.  There are no hard fast rules, here.  
That is why the tuner should become a little familiar with the tunings in 
secure places before offering customers a vague recommendation. 
REgards, 
ED Foote