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“Bach’s Extraordinary Temperament: Our Rosetta Stone”:

data charts as additional detail for the Appendix
© Bradley Lehman, 2005

Equal Temperament 3
Regular ¼ Syntonic Comma 4
Regular 1/5 Pythagorean Comma 5
Regular 1/5 Syntonic Comma 6
Regular 1/6 Pythagorean Comma 7
Regular 1/6 Syntonic Comma 8
Bach 1722, Pythagorean Comma interpretation 9
Bach 1722 Pythagorean Comma, transposed to D to simulate Chorton/Cammerton 10
Bach 1722 Syntonic Comma interpretation 11
Bach 1722 Syntonic Comma, transposed to D to simulate Chorton/Cammerton 12
Barnes “Bach” 13
Billeter “Bach” 14
Vallotti/Tartini 1/6 Syntonic Comma interpretation 15
1/5 Pythagorean Comma circulating, C-G-D-A-E-B 16
1/5 Pythagorean Comma circulating, F-C-G-D-A-E 17
Vallotti/Tartini 1/6 Pythagorean Comma interpretation 18
Young #2 19
Jorgensen’s “Handel” 20
Kellner “Bach” 21
Kirnberger #2, ½ Syntonic Comma 22
Kirnberger #3, ¼ Syntonic Comma 23
Lindley for Grosvenor Chapel 24
Neidhardt 1724 Small City, 1732 Big City 25
Neidhardt 1724 Big City 26
Neidhardt 1724 Village, 1732 Big City 27
Sorge 1744 “Cammerton harpsichords” 28
Sorge 1758 “Chorton organs” 29
Siracusa (Italian) 17th Century Modified ¼ Syntonic Comma 30
Lindley suggestion #2 for Stanford Fisk organ 31
Vogel Hybrid Well Temperament for Stanford Fisk 32
Vogel Hybrid Meantone for Stanford Fisk 33
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Vogel 1/5 Pythagorean Comma circulating for Norden 34
Werckmeister #3 35
Werckmeister #4 36
Werckmeister #5 37
Bendeler #1 38
Bendeler #2 39
Bendeler #3 40
Rameau/Gallimard Modified ¼ Syntonic Comma 41
Lambert-Chaumont/Legros Modified ¼ Syntonic Comma 42
Mercadier 1777 43
th
Neidhardt/Marpurg 5 Circle, simulating Equal Temperament 44
Sparschuh-Zapf, from Bach’s 1722 drawing 45
Sorge 1747-8 for playing keyboards with winds 46
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Equal Temperament
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Regular ¼ Syntonic Comma

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Regular 1/5 Pythagorean Comma

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Regular 1/5 Syntonic Comma

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Regular 1/6 Pythagorean Comma

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Regular 1/6 Syntonic Comma

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Bach 1722, Pythagorean Comma interpretation

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Bach 1722 Pythagorean Comma, transposed to D to simulate Chorton/Cammerton

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Bach 1722 Syntonic Comma interpretation

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Bach 1722 Syntonic Comma, transposed to D to simulate Chorton/Cammerton

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Barnes “Bach”
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Billeter “Bach”
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Vallotti/Tartini 1/6 Syntonic Comma interpretation

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1/5 Pythagorean Comma circulating, C-G-D-A-E-B

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1/5 Pythagorean Comma circulating, F-C-G-D-A-E

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Vallotti/Tartini 1/6 Pythagorean Comma interpretation

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Young #2
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Jorgensen’s “Handel”
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Kellner “Bach”
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Kirnberger #2, ½ Syntonic Comma

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Kirnberger #3, ¼ Syntonic Comma

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Lindley for Grosvenor Chapel

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Neidhardt 1724 Small City, 1732 Big City

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Neidhardt 1724 Big City

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Neidhardt 1724 Village, 1732 Big City

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Sorge 1744 “Cammerton harpsichords”

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Sorge 1758 “Chorton organs”

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Siracusa (Italian) 17th Century Modified ¼ Syntonic Comma

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Lindley suggestion #2 for Stanford Fisk organ

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Vogel Hybrid Well Temperament for Stanford Fisk

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Vogel Hybrid Meantone for Stanford Fisk

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Vogel 1/5 Pythagorean Comma circulating for Norden

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Werckmeister #3
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Werckmeister #4
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Werckmeister #5
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Bendeler #1
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Bendeler #2
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Bendeler #3
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Rameau/Gallimard Modified ¼ Syntonic Comma

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Lambert-Chaumont/Legros Modified ¼ Syntonic Comma

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Mercadier 1777
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Neidhardt/Marpurg 5th Circle, simulating Equal Temperament

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Sparschuh-Zapf, from Bach’s 1722 drawing

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Sorge 1747-8 for playing keyboards with winds