On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Andrew Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A nice quote from August Magnan (the entomologist who calculated that > bumble bees are incapable of flight): > > 'One shouldn't be surprised that the results of the calculations > don't square with reality.'
The other day the cartoon in my news paper showed two scientists. One congratulates the other with his succesful experiment: 'Congratulations! Bbut is it possible according to the theory?' This also reminded me of our mean tone discussions. On a side note, thick gut strings and thin gut strings are impossible to get in tune with straight frets anyway, whatever temperament. Perhaps some tolerance in our ears is needed, too. ;-) David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
