Re : Galpin temperament

Fred Reinagel:

> Does anyone know what the Galpin temperament is? Galpin was an English
> organologist who was a significant leader in launching the Early Music
> revival
> movement early in the last century. (I think there is still an active
> Galpin
> Society in the UK.)

It's a mean-tone temperament with major thirds smaller than pure, published
by A.R. McClure in the Galpin Society Journal, No. 1, London, March, 1948

--Wim

Thank you for your reply.

Would that possibly be 2/7 syntonic comma meantone (the one with equal errors
in the major and minor thirds)?

Fred Reinagel

"Wim Hoogewerf" <wim.hoogewerf@fnac.net> wrote:

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> Fred Reinagel:
>
> > Does anyone know what the Galpin temperament is? Galpin was an English
> > organologist who was a significant leader in launching the Early Music
> > revival
> > movement early in the last century. (I think there is still an active
> > Galpin
> > Society in the UK.)
>
> It's a mean-tone temperament with major thirds smaller than pure, published
> by A.R. McClure in the Galpin Society Journal, No. 1, London, March, 1948
>
> --Wim

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Wim wrote,

>It's a mean-tone temperament with major thirds smaller than pure, published
>by A.R. McClure in the Galpin Society Journal, No. 1, London, March, 1948

Got any more details? We've had heavy discussions about various meantone
temperaments with major thirds smaller than pure around here lately.

Fred Reinagel:

> Wim wrote,
>
>>It's a mean-tone temperament with major thirds smaller than pure, published
>>by A.R. McClure in the Galpin Society Journal, No. 1, London, March, 1948
> Would that possibly be 2/7 syntonic comma meantone (the one with equal errors
> in the major and minor thirds)?

Paul Erlich:

> Got any more details? We've had heavy discussions about various meantone
> temperaments with major thirds smaller than pure around here lately.

I'm sorry, Fred and Paul. The information I have is very incomplete. I know
about the 2/7 syntonic comma temperament from Zarlino. The organ of McLure
(extended mean-tone) is in the University of Edinborough (1951) The article
by McLure in the Galpin Society Journal is called: "Studies in Keyboard
Temperaments". In fact I'm not even sure if McLure really used major thirds
smaller than pure. The New Grove (on mean-tone with major 3ds smaller than
pure): "More recently Kornerup sought to champion it in the 1930's, and in
1948 A.R. McClure published a good account of it's sound." I concluded that
McClure used small major 3ds in his own temperament.

--Wim