HTs on RCT

[Mike and Jane Spalding]

Bill,

I'm more than a little confused by your questions.  I understood clearly that Clyde was asking for selections from the actual files included with RCT.  I opened RCT on my powerbook, clicked Tools / Historical Temperaments, and made recommendations from the list that I saw on my  computer screen.  Did you truly only receive 12 HT's with RCT?  If so, you should contact Dean for the other 50.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bill Ballard <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: HTs on RCT


> At 10:04 PM -0400 5/6/02, Clyde Hollinger wrote:
> >Bill,
> >Yes, you are correct.  A couple people mentioned the same tunings, so I'll
> >probably start with one of those.  RCT includes Representative Victorian Moore
> >and also Ellis Tuner #4 Broadwood Best -- is that the same thing as simply
> >"Broadwood Best?"  I'll probably try that, too, sooner or later.
> 
> Did you buy more than 12 HTs with your RCT, or do have a later 
> version than 3.0? There's  no read-me file with the bundled HT, so, 
> although there may be a few matches between the generalized 
> collection in the RCT and the one's that everybody's talking so 
> familiarly of on this list. The only one which is recognizable is the 
> Vallotti-Young.
> 
> It's kind of like we asked where's a truck stop where the waitress 
> serves things particularly nicely, and the namedroppers in this 
> thread (sorry gang, it's all greek to me) immediately start 
> rhapsodizing about their own favorite waitress. Maybe some day, you 
> and I will meet all these waitresses, but for now we'd just like the 
> address of one of those truck stops. You know, so that we can 
> actually go there. Maybe we've missed something, maybe it requires a 
> CDL to go to a truckstop.
> 
> >It is interesting to me that quite a few HTs
> >that are mentioned on this list are not in the RCT file.
> 
> I think there's a much larger collection than what RCT offer's, a 
> selection to be had by exchanging files (like, totally, mp3s, 
> whatever).
> 
> >And as a really green
> >beginner, I'll probably start here before venturing any farther.
> 
> It is possible to do these tunings aurally, although an ETD saves you 
> the worry that the interval widths have not been compensated for the 
> distortion of the local inharmonicity. Let me know if someone sends 
> you a file or a chart.
> 
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> 
> "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture"
>      ...........Steve Martin
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