On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 10:01:57 -0500, C Breckenridge wrote:
> Owen Jorgensen believes that there did not exist a "perfect" equal
> temperament until into the 20th century. 

that is nonsense.
Gall (or Nschsberger) 1805 decribes exactly how to do it and is 
specific that it NOT equal beating; the beat rate increases as you go 
up. He calls thius the "new temperament". th e"old one is 1/4c. MT and 
he is very specific about that as well. He also comments tha tmany do 
not lik,e the "new temperament" because of the bad thirds.

all this has been hashed and rehashed I dunno how many times...

b

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