A presentation of documents of Erv Wilson that don't lend themselves to a separate section in the archives yet are illuminating in their thought or implications. Often comprised of sketches or notes found among his papers
Monday, July 22, 2013
Largest Tolerance over Average
In this sketch of a letter to a peer, Wilson points out his preference for evaluating temperaments by finding largest tolerance in the scale as opposed to averaging out. This focus on he worse case scenario of tuning makes sense in that the averaging of the others will not diminsh what stands outs.
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