May 12, 2009

I know this is old news, but still it gives the tuning enthusiast pause. If 12ET fifths were US stamps, standard tuning could have become Pythagorean yesterday. Yes, I'm speaking of the 2 cent US stamp rate hike. It is further regrettable that the old stamp rate, 42, has now been surpassed, for this number signifies H-System nominal octave completion. But, all is not lost. 44 cents bespeaks a double meantone era, half of the 88 cent non-octave temperament, which receives much interest from fellow tuning geeks. But ah, old 42, to you who gave your level best, to you the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything - fare thee well; you will be missed.