Templante, tonametric?

Hello,

Two interesting statements I found online with not much reference, I
wondered if anyone here could direct me to more descriptive information.

Antonio Soler invented "a tuning box that he called an afinador or
templante, which used plucked strings to divide the 9:8 tuning ratio
into 20 equal parts" (Ray Izumi. The Harpsichord Music of Antonio
Soler Chateau Gris. 2005.
http://www.chateaugris.com/Soler/solerpag.htm) Maybe there is a
somthing in this book: Soler, Antonio. Theorica y practica del temple
para los organos y claves. 1762. Reprint, Sociedad Española de
Musicología, Madrid, 1983.

Koenig's 1876 Tonametric "divided four octaves into 670 equal parts"
(David Owen. http://www.asktoby.com/David_Owen_Dissertation.pdf)

Clark

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "threesixesinarow" <CACCOLA@N...> wrote:

> Koenig's 1876 Tonametric "divided four octaves into 670 equal parts"
> (David Owen. http://www.asktoby.com/David_Owen_Dissertation.pdf)

Since 4 does not divide 670, that's a neat trick.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith" <gwsmith@s...> wrote:

> > Koenig's 1876 Tonametric "divided four octaves into 670 equal parts"
> > (David Owen. http://www.asktoby.com/David_Owen_Dissertation.pdf)
>
> Since 4 does not divide 670, that's a neat trick.
>
Changed it to tonometer and found http://tinyurl.com/cm3jt (neat
gadgets there). "Invented", "instrument" and "divided into" are
somewhere between misleading and inappropriate - Rudolph Koenig
apparently used 4hz increments calibrating pitch measurement tools he
manufactured.

Clark