RE: Fwd: [Harp-L] bright tuned/just intonation

["Steve Shaw" <moorcot@xxxxxxx>]

 This is the same as 7-limit just
> intonation, except that the 5 and 9 draw, the main culprits in
> deviation from equal temperment, are tuned about 2 cents sharp of
> the reference pitch (rather than 29 cents flat).  I also raise the
> reference pitch only by about 10 cents (about A=441 1/2).  This puts
> every note on the harp within 14 cents of the reference pitch, and
> also within 16 cents of "concert pitch", the main "offenders" being
> sharp rather than flat.  Chords are VERY sweet, and the jarringly
> flat 5 and 9 draw are avoided.

> Tim Moyer
> Working Man's Harps


Happy New Year, Tim!

I hope Pat isn't latching on to your wording too much, viz "culprits," 
"offenders" and "jarringly."  I love it!

With the biggest possible   ;-)    (I will try the tuning you suggest 
though).  And when I'm doing my own fine-tuning, e.g. of Special 20s, I set 
my tuner to A=441 or A=442, whichever will mean the least number of reeds to 
adjust.

Steve  (single-note-melody-equal-temperament-man)

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