P 12ths Tunings

[William Ballard]

At 9:05 AM +0100 4/14/05, Ric Brekne wrote:
>Me thinks Bernard missed his chance to patent this idea  when he 
>first wrote about this some 20 years ago. Even so... patenting a 
>tuning method ???

The principle of U.S. patent law is that an idea cannot be patented, 
but its implementation can. Although this hasn't prevented large 
corporations like Monsanto from copyrighting the DNA of rice and by 
extension, all descendants (further elaborations) of it.

So I'm patenting my pattern for the temperament based not the 
particular width of an octave therein but on a P12th. Gonna brand it 
the Sonaeus�. And sit back and wait for the royalties to arrive in my 
numbered Swiss bank account.



(.....giggle)

Mr. Bill

"A jester unemployed is nobody's fool."
     ...........Danny Kaye, in "The Court Jester"
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