[pianotech] [CAUT] More Bohemia

Bernhard Stopper b98tu at t-online.de
Sun May 3 10:32:40 PDT 2009


Richard,

let´s disccuss theses things on a meeting at a convention or so.

Sincerely,

Bernhard Stopper


Am 03.05.2009 um 20:16 schrieb Richard Brekne:

> Bernhard
>
> I did not comment on the difference between your temperament and  
> Garys. I only pointed out that your statement that 3/1 was not  
> 6^(19//31) was a bit overstated.... which seems easy enough to  
> defend since 3/1 is... well 3 and 6^(19/31) is well... 2.99868889.
> I haven't even bothered to decipher either your's or his temperament  
> as such. Nor does this matter to me.
>
>
>   Tuning A4's fundemental to this same 440... or 440 minus the
>   0.00006297... difference 6^(19/31)   implies is not even a promile
>   of a cent
>
>       Sorry Ric, but you are completely wrong here. The difference of
>       my  temperament  compared with Gary´s over a telfth is
>       3:2.998688889        (whithout inharmonicity, so that equals  
> to 0,75 cent. That is
>       not at  all an academic difference for me.
>
>       Cheers,
>       Bernhard Stopper
>
> Again Bernhard, Gary suggests using a P-12ths priority,  I picked up  
> on that in my own way... put it together with a few other bits and  
> dabs that came along at pretty much the same time and started off  
> from there. You want to argue about who is first, who did exactly  
> what, whose temperament is this that or the other... and I don't  
> give a hoot about all that. Thats the second time you took me  
> completely out of context.  I'm not going to do this with you  
> Bernhard. If I want to dissect yours and Gary's papers and compare  
> them I am most certainly capable. But frankly... that side of things  
> does not interest me in the slightest.
>
> Cheers,
> RicB
>
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