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Summary of historical meantone tunings

🔗Paul H. Erlich <PErlich@Acadian-Asset.com>

2/11/2000 6:14:05 PM

This is primarily to benefit Joe Monzo's page
http://www.ixpres.com/interval/dict/meantone.htm and to provide a means of
comparison for the links to it from
http://www.ixpres.com/interval/dict/eqtemp.htm:

Summary of historical meantone tunings

Variety Theorist Date Minor Third Major Third Fifth

Pythagorean Ling Lun c.2000BC 294.13� 407.82� 701.96�
12-tET Tsai-y� 1596 300.00 400.00 700.00
1/6-comma Silbermann <1748 304.89 393.48 698.37
55-tET Beer <1722 305.45 392.73 698.18
43-tET Sauveur 1701 306.98 390.70 697.67
1/5-comma Sauveur 1701 307.04 390.62 697.65
3/14-comma Riccati 1762 307.96 389.39 697.35
74-tET Riccati 1762 308.11 389.19 697.30
2/9-comma Drobisch 1855 308.47 388.70 697.18
31-tET Vicentino 1555 309.68 387.10 696.77
1/4-comma Aron 1523 310.26 386.31 696.58
Golden Kornerup 1930 311.36 384.86 696.21
7/26-comma Woolhouse 1835 311.51 384.66 696.16
50-tET Henfling 1710 312.00 384.00 696.00
5/18-comma Smith 1749 312.06 383.92 695.98
2/7-comma Zarlino 1571 312.57 383.24 695.81
LucyTuning Harrison 1775 313.52 381.97 695.49
1/3-comma Salinas 1577 315.64 379.15 694.79
19-tET Costeley 1558 315.79 378.95 694.74