Re: [MMM] Music and community

mschulter wrote:

> Hello, everyone.

> Another really exciting tuning is George Secor's 17-tone
> well-temperament going back to 1978. It has nine closer fifths (Ab-B)
> at around 707.22 cents, and the other eight fifths at around 704.38
> cents, for some pure 11:7 or 14:11 ratios. There are also some
> near-pure 11:6 "neutral sevenths," and more generally an abundance of
> neutral intervals, as well as lots of major and minor thirds fairly
> near 9:7 and 7:6, very nice as it happens for a "neo-medieval" style.
>
> This is a tuning connected to a lot of history in our microtonal
> community. George Secor, together with Erv Wilson and Dick Harasek,
> developed the keyboard for the Generalized Keyboard Scalatron, an
> instrument which advanced the state of the art, and which, today, is
> still making beautiful music.
>
> It's a tuning with immense potential for many kinds of music, with my
> "neo-Gothic" approach suggesting just one angle on this. I hope that
> it will become much better known in the coming months and years.
>

Can you point me in the direction of where I might find more details on
this tuning, such as the cent values? Anything with 17 catches my eye
now as I have a new 17 tone instrument to tune up. Many thanks for an
informative posting.

Best wishes