Hi Paul: Thanks for spelling out for we novices the official rules for WT. If you have time, would you show me where my Coleman VII deviates from this in a serious way? I think I was trying to do all this without really knowing the "rules." Just for review, the Coleman7 Well Temp. has the following deviations from EQ: A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G# A Note names 0 0 -2 3 0 1 0 -1 3 -1 2 0 0 Cents Deviation from SAT FAC tuning >From the above one can see that the C-E 3rd is slowed down by 4 cents F-A 3rd 3 cents G-B 3rd 4 cents Bb-D 3rd 1 cent D-F# 3rd 0 cents Eb-G 3rd 2 cents A-C# 3rd 0 cents Ab-C 3rd is increased by 3 cents E-G# 3rd 1 cent Db-F 3rd 3 cents B-D# 3rd 2 cents Gb-Bb 3rd 1 cent Oops! Now I see what you were referring to 6 months ago when you said my attempt at Well temp. was a little irregular. So, I guess I need to rework my stuff to get a more even increase in the 3rds widths going from C to A around the circle of 4ths and 5ths. And, continuing to increase the 3rd widths as the number of #'s and b's occur in a key signature. Do I have that right now? Oops! again. I just noticed I have a Bb 5th that is more than 1 cent wide. Oh well, back to the drawing boards, I mean spreadsheet. Jim Coleman, Sr.
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