Talk:Werckmeister temperament

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Hi - Where did you get the numerical values for the Werckmeister tunings? Unfortunately they are falsely reported in many 20th century sources which were written by people who did not respect the original text or could not interpret it. Particularly the 'IV' or 'septenarius' tunings which have, in fact, nothing at all to do with 1/7 fractions of a comma. What Werckmeister actually said was that the septenarius could be tuned without thinking about divisions of a comma, instead he used exact integer ratios! So any values based on fractions of a comma are total misrepresentations.

I would recommend to obtain a copy of the original text of 1691 and check carefully to see how historically accurate your sources are. Otherwise you run the risk of passing on a false text.

Also, what is the point of giving the cent values to 3 decimal places? No instrument, let alone an organ, could ever be tuned to such precision!!

Best, --Tdent 21:48, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

My main source is [1], which appears to be a scanned copy of "Wilhelm Dupont: Geschichte der musikalischen Temperatur". If you find errors, feel free to correct them! You are right about the cent values. I will remove the decimals. Apus 09:26, 23 November 2006 (UTC)