source file: m1349.txt
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:21:30 -0500

Subject: RE: Meantone

From: "Paul H. Erlich" <PErlich@Acadian-Asset.com>

Bob Lee wrote,

>}Second question: I notice that the tuning above has the "in tune" fourths
>}tuned to 502 cents.
>
>That is not correct. The deviations were expressed in 1/64s of a semitone,
>not cents. 2/64s of a semitone is about 3 cents.
>
>}I'm tuning a pedal steel with the fourths at 503 cents.
>}I really like it.  What should I call this temperament?
>
>It is very close to 1/4-comma meantone temperament. Your major thirds should
>be very close to just.
>
>I hope Gary Morrison did an adequate job of explaining meantone to you. If
>not, I'll give it a shot.
>
>-Paul E.