Historical temperamentals (longer)

[JIMRPT@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 8/09/1999 11:15:02 PM, A440A@aol.com writes:

<< From what we gather 
his protest was not against current practise, but rather against the rigidity 
of the mathematical theories."  >>

Ed;
 Don't we all, whatever theme we use, tune 'based on a theory'?  Just as it 
is impossible to tune a "perfect" ET it is equally impossible to tune a 
"perfect" HT of any variety, isn't it?
 So in this sense we are tuning, whatever, based on and following the 
"theory" but never really acheiving it due to the limitations of measurment, 
hearing, inharmonicity of scale and limitations of the particular instrument 
be it guitar or piano ??
  While there may be a "buzz" when tuning in ET...isn't the extra "power" 
that you ascribe to certain temperaments also tied to limitations of that 
same temperament, limitations forced upon the instrument due to the "extra 
power" of certain keys/notes ?
Jim Bryant (FL)