Fred Sturm wrote: > Of 22 total sources studied, fully 14 describe only equal > temperament, four offer variants of Kirnberger II, and two have both > equal and Kirnberger. The remaining two offer tuning methods that were > obscure in their time and remain so today (one of them featured just > fifths in the natural keys, tempered in the sharps, yielding a “reverse > well temperament”). Of the 12 examples published after 1800, 10 describe > only equal temperament, one mentions Kirnberger II along with equal > temperament, and one offers an obscure, idiosyncratic system, unrelated > to any other. > McGeary, Thomas. "German-Austrian keyboard temperaments and tuning > methods, 1770- 1840: Evidence from Contemporary Sources”. Journal of the > American Musical Instrument Society 25 (1989), pp. 90 -116. > Regards, > Fred Sturm Does that mean that ET is more a historical temperament than most presently listed as historical temperaments? <G> Ron N
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