Re: Newbie questions

[Pat Missin <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G wrote:

>Last decade Hohner did sell both the Augmented (aka inaccurately named
>Wholetone) and Diminished tuned chromatics. Because of a number of factors,
>it was a flop, and hasn't been tried since. 

They made a CX-12 in augmented ("wholetone") tuning, but not in
diminished tuning.

>Apparently Hering advertised
>wholetone tuning at about the same time but didn't fulfill any of the orders
>placed with them.

They did fulfil at least some of the orders, but got the tuning
completely wrong. 

I believe Seydel will build either of these tunings to order.

 -- Pat.