<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT = face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002><FONT color=#008000> << </FONT></SPAN>The interval size I = measured that day I wrote that post of E3-G#3 at 17.5 and F#3-A#3 at 16 sure did = sound to me like they were beating the same.  And even if they weren't = really exactly the same as could be measured scientifically, did this really = matter that much?  Was it enough to discredit someone's work of an entire = decade?  Did it *ruin* the music?  I hardly think so. <SPAN class=20085701-10092002><FONT color=#008000> >></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT = face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT face=Arial><FONT = color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002>Back when I was tuning the = EBVT, the E major third was always beating faster than the F# major third. This = was one of the reasons why I stopped tuning the EBVT. Alas, I was probably doing = it "wrong," but I followed the directions precisely. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT face=Arial><FONT = color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT = color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>= <DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT size=+0><FONT = face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002>The unequal = tuning I do now is one I've developed on my own, but is very likely just another = temperament that I've not read about yet. Basically, it is less varied than the = EBVT and the E major third does not beat as fast, which is more to = my liking.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT size=+0><FONT = face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT = lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT size=+0><FONT = size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002>Sincerely,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002><FONT color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>John M. Formsma<BR>Blue Mountain, = MS<BR>PTG Associate, Memphis Chapter<BR><BR></FONT><A = href="mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com" target=_blank>mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com</A></FONT><FONT = color=#0000ff> </FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT= lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>