pitch specification in CET

Here's a question for those of you using 88CET or similar tuning systems.
In octave-based tuning systems, we can specify a pitch by the octave and
the pitch number or name within the octave. In tuning systems that
replicate at an interval other than the octave, such as Pierce-Bohlen, we
can still specify pitches in an analogous way: "tritave" number and pitch
with the tritave.

However, if you're using a tuning system that does not replicate any
particular interval, how do you specify pitches? Do you just pick one pitch
as the starting point and number them? That seems rather awkward.

Bill

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