which tuning style to use for Bill Bremmer's EBVT III temperament?

navindra

I'm not sure I understand the relationship between temperaments and tuning styles. Is there a particular tuning style that might be more appropriate for a particular temperament?

Bill Bremmer's EBVT III temperament is described here:
https://www.billbremmer.com/ebvt/
https://www.billbremmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/EBVT-2017.pdf

Based on this description, is there any tuning style that would be best suited for it... or is Balanced a safe bet?

Thanks!

Frank Illenberger

navindra For non-equal temperaments, it is best to use the "Octaves Pure" style.

Kris

navindra

Bill Bremmers EBVT is already listed under the temperaments in Pianoscope in the Pro version (plus many others). I’ve used it a couple times and I just used the Hummel quasi-equal temperament yesterday for an antique piano with oval tuning pins from about 1830.

Just click: Instrument>Temperament

Search for Bremmer

The only difference between the one in Pianoscope and the 1997 version is the D#.

You could add this new version by hitting the + and adding a new temperament.

Bill Bremmer EBVT3 (2017)

A. 0
A#. 2.86
B. -.03
C. 3.80
C#. -1.29
D. 0.86
D#. 2.86
E. -.41
F 1.84
F# -.28
G 3.11
G# .67

Johnymac

Frank Illenberger What if you would like a slightly larger stretch that twelfths pure would give you.

navindra

Kris oh, I didn't even know that the version in Pianoscope was out of date. Thanks for pointing that out.

How do you like those temperaments? Did you use Octaves Pure for EBVT III?

navindra

Kris I think your numbers may be off?

C: +3.80 +3.8
C#: -1.29 -1.3
D: +0.86 +0.9
D#: +1.59 +1.6
E: -0.41 -0.4
F: +1.84 +1.8
F#: -0.28 -0.3
G: +3.11 +3.1
G#: +0.67 +0.7
A: 0.0 0.0
A#: +2.86 +2.9
B: -0.03 0.0