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From: mercuri@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Rebecca Mercuri)
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Subject: Re: Musical Frequencies
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Date: 21 Dec 90 00:17:35 GMT
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jbovitz --- 

I'm sure that at least a half dozen people have informed you that although
your formula is "correct", it will sound like hell. Most instruments are
"stretch tuned" (higher in the high octaves, lower in the low octaves) to
accommodate for the nonlinearity in the hearing process. String players do
this "automatically" as they are playing. If you need more info (references
on this), get back to me.

R. Mercuri