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David Hitchin <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 8 Feb 2016 07:50:23 +0000
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I had assumed that these related discussions were about the tuning of 
a harpsichord, whether 415 or 415.3 was the better, and whether 
listeners can hear the difference.  I think that others had made the 
same assumption.

David Hitchin



At 02:32 08/02/2016, T. Diehl wrote:

>David Hitchin
>
>I really, really wish people would READ what I wrote instead of changing
>the object of that which is being dicussed. Here is your quote:
>
>
>DH: "I think that another major flaw in the argument is that harpsichords
>do not emit pure sine waves; each note has a series of harmonics."
>
>TD: I never said they did emit pure sine waves. As i wrote: to keep the
>explanation simple for everyone to follow I used a simple sinus pattern.
>And I talking about the ear's inner workings, not the overtones of
>harpsichords.
>
>DH: "..No one with any experience tunes by comparing the fundamental sounds
>of two strings; we tune by listening to the beating of harmonics, and so a
>difference of 0.3Hz in a fundamental multiplies to a much larger difference
>between the respective harmonics of the notes."
>
>TD:Again: I am not discussing tuning, which is indeed even more complex. I
>am talking about the perception of a single tone within the human ear;
>obviously difficult enough to discuss online without discussing overtones!

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