source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 18:08:13 +0200 Subject: Re: Wolf Tuning 1125 - "In praise of meantone..." From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) >...but rather that the well temperaments >were an abandoned cul-de-sac within a generally meantone era, In terms of required resources that makes sense, but not in terms of actual usage to the best of my knowledge. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I know of no evidence that meantone was never actually used in any appreciable abundance in the Classical Era or later. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 02:00 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA06058; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 02:00:30 +0200 Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 02:00:30 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA06046 Received: (qmail 21808 invoked from network); 7 Jul 1997 00:00:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 7 Jul 1997 00:00:26 -0000 Message-Id: <970706195838_340730164@emout04.mail.aol.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu