The usefulness of the tool in question seems obvious to me, as a beginning
student and enthusiast of the harpsichord.  My ear is just starting to
become accustomed to the general sound of unequal temperaments; initially,
I must confess, they simply sounded "out of tune" to me, coming from a
background of nearly all ET electronic pop music.  Now, I'm interested to
learn and experiment; but which temperament is "better"?  Of course, it
depends on the music and the instrument, as well as perhaps my own evolving
preferences.  I listen to recordings, recognize that some kind of non-ET
tuning is operative, but which one?  Whether I particularly like the sound
I hear, or whether perhaps I find it grating and want to make sure I avoid
that tuning scheme, it would be a real help to get a quick answer from an
electronic gadget, as to which scheme is being used.  Re-tuning a full
instrument from one scheme to another, multiple times, might be good
practice, but is not a practical way to try out tuning schemes in different
situations, at least at the start when I have no notion of which of the
many possibilities is likely to sound "good" to me.  I vote for more
information wherever available, how can that be a bad thing?

--Benjamin

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