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480, or l3y less than i\ of a comma. If this error be 

 imagined to be divided up into eight equal parts in tuning 

 the successive fifths the amount of -temperament in one 

 fifth would be about ^V of a comma. This is far within 

 the limits within which vibrations are said to draiv into 

 harmony. As a matter of practical tuning it is not to be 

 taken into account at all. The best tuner would be as 

 likely to come out with his C^, a little sharp of b as a little 

 flat. This equalization is very useful because it gives the 

 tuner a check by which to test the correctness of his key- 

 notes both up and down. For if C[j = b, then by similar 

 reasoning, D|^ = css, E\y = ds=, F = e^, F[, = e, G^, = 

 f J:, A|^ = g:^, B|^ = ass ; which gives a test for the key- 

 notes C[,, D[j, etc., and also saves the strings or resonators 

 for b, crfi, etc., as they may be made to sound the same 

 strings or resonators as C[,, D\y, etc. 



Again, since D\) = C:js, and c = if Dh' ^^^^ ^t= = H ^ffj 

 then c = 5ss, d = ex, e[, = dst, f = e==, g =/x, a = gXy 

 a^ = ^si, h\y = ait; thus saving extra sound producers 

 for eight tones of series 4 in every octave. 



By this practically inappreciable temperament the num- 

 ber of sound producers is reduced to forty-six in the 

 octave. 



The method of tuning the key-board is first to tune the 

 key-notes by fifths ; then a major third from each key- 

 note, and a major third from each of the last-named series. 

 The prime sevenths, though not familiar to most tuners, 

 are very easily tuned, especially when the third is sounded 

 with its tonic. 



There have been other key-boards invented with the 

 same purpose as Prof. Poole's, and it is proper to say a 

 few words in regard to his labors in the cause of just 

 intonation. 



In an article published in the "American Journal of 



