<div>Attaching thumbnails of  Vallotti, Young, Vallotti-Young, Moore, Broadwood Best, Coleman 10, and Coleman 11.</div> <div> </div> <div>Using the frame of reference of ET major thirds as 13.7 cents expanded:</div> <div> </div> <div>To arrange them from "closest to ET" to most extreme, the sequence would be:</div> <div>Coleman 10, (thirds ranging from 10.7 to 15.7 cents)</div> <div>Moore (9.7 to 15.7)</div> <div>Coleman 11 (7.7 to 17.7)</div> <div>Broadwood Best (6.7 to 17.7)</div> <div>===</div> <div>The Vallotti-Young group all have very similar extent of extremes, all reaching 21.5 cents, which is the largest "acceptable" major third in any well temperament.</div> <div>Young has a single most-contracted major third (C, 5.4 cents) and a single most-expanded major third (F#, 21.5 cents) and smoothly changes the sizes of the thirds around the circle of fifths; both the Vallotti and the Vallotti-Young have three equal smallest thirds ( 5.9) and three equal largest thirds (21.5), and adjust the intermediate thirds smoothly but in slightly larger steps than the Vallotti. <br>===</div> <div>There are many WTs in between these two groups.</div> <div> </div> <div>For more information, see <a href="http://www.rollingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm">http://www.rollingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm</a><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jon Page</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net" target="_blank">jonpage@comcast.net</a>> wrote: </span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div> <div>><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> I used the Young-Valetti</font></div> <div><br> </div> <div>That might be a little strong for some, try Moore & Co.(Representative Victorian)</div> <div>or Broadwood's Best. Both mild Victorian WT's.</div><pre>-- </pre> <div><br>Regards,<br><br>Jon Page</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=jason's cell 425 830 1561=