<HTML> <TT>Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote:</TT> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE><TT>But what I have shown you is about the one and only thing that you can do</TT> <TT>besides tuning in strict ET.  That is the limitation of the guitar.  You</TT> <TT>cannot do any and all other kinds of temperament schemes.</TT></BLOCKQUOTE> <TT>Bill,</TT><TT></TT> <TT>Yes and no; I haven't got a guitar available to try out your tuning, but I have applied a larger range of temperaments.</TT><TT></TT> <TT>However, these can take some doing, modifications of the instrument either temporary or permanent, and different playing techniques - all appropriate to a different list.</TT><TT></TT> <TT>ps. There is a nice book about temperaments on fretted instruments, Lutes, Viols, and Temperaments by Mark Lindley. (from <A HREF="http://www.panix.com/~ro/tuning/Hutchinsom.bib">http://www.panix.com/~ro/tuning/Hutchinsom.bib</A>):</TT><TT></TT> <TT>"An exposition of historical evidence from the 16th- to the mid-</TT> <TT>   18th century. Equal temperament is shown to have been the norm</TT> <TT>   for fretted instruments, with some use of meantone and other</TT> <TT>   systems in individual cases. A short cassette tape is available</TT> <TT>   separately from the publisher."</TT><TT></TT> <TT>Clark</TT></HTML>