6:3 bass octaves---why?

[Tvak@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/28/02 1:30:01 AM, yardbird@pop.vermontel.net writes:

<< I start checking them with 8th-12th-16th 
(partials, not scale steps) chords in the temperament octave to make 
sure that the 1st octave is well integrated with the middle. >>

That would make sense: use the higher partials when tuning lower octaves so 
that everything is tuned to the temperament octave.  Perhaps that's the 
rationale behind the use of the 6:3 octave as well. 

Tom S