The tuning given here is basically just intonation rather than meantone: http://www.machineconcepts.co.uk/smallpipes/tuning.htm
In other words, acoustically pure intervals. No tempering at all. >but on a piano a fifth is a fifth is a fifth (nearly). Nearly = two cents narrow cf. Mike Nelson's correct fifths. The problem with just intonation (with G as the home key) is that it gives you perfect triads on G, C and D but the "fifth" between A and top e is unusable as such (2O cents narrower than equal temperament = 22 cents narrower than just i.e. acoustically pure, 2:3 ratio). The top e needs to be pressure-tweaked to give a good fifth above A. left alone it gives a good third with C. You can't have both with the same pitch. What we really need is eight notes (= different pitch classes) to the octave rather than just seven. And this is just for G major. No one needs to take my word for any of this. There's masses of stuff on tuning on the net. HTH csírz To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
