On Jun 18, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: > Anyway, the bulk of historical evidence is clearly in favour of a > more or less equal temperament when considering fretted instruments > like lutes or viols,
As far as I know, the historical evidence consists mostly of: 1) Actual instructions for fretting the instruments, which describe unequal temperament; 2) Theorists implying equal fretting; and 3) Metal-fretted instruments all in unequal temperament. It's difficult to reconcile the second category with the other two. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
