St Matthew on Netherlands Radio, channel 4. >>I like the continuo tuning, but arent the other musicians mostly more or less in equal temperament?
Subject: Mersenne 10/sec >>”And if one can recognize these beats or throbbing without the ear, it will not be necessary in tuning the organ, for if, for example, the pipes must beat ten times in a second to make the tempered fifth, one will be assured that the organ will be in tune, when all the fifths beat ten times and the ear is not necessary for this, if the hands which hold them and touch the pipes can tell the said number of beats through the sense of touch.
