>>>>> >>>>> A = 440 and while I can select this, it's low a tone to be pleasing >>>>> on CW. A pure note on the scale would be such a pleasure to hear, >>>>> much more psychoacousticly pleasing.
But an instrument tuned to A440 is just one of many possible tunings. There's nothing inherently "pure" about any note on the common scale. I suppose an organ in Silberman or Mean Tone (some comma) temperaments with A up or down a step or two (pretty typical) would drive you crazy? As would many other instruments not tuned to Kammerton. Easy enough to live with -- even if you suffer from perfect pitch :-) And mean tone is soooooo much more pleasant (as long as you're not in a bad key. So how about making the sidetone pitch tuning really interesting -- say, Mean Tone, 5th comma or Kernberger III :-))) Grant/NQ5T ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
