Conrad Henfling (1648–1716 Ansbach, Germany), [1] musicologist, musician, mathematician and lawyer [2] was an official and privy councilor (Hofrat) at the court of the Margrave of Ansbach, Germany. He also invented a new type of keyboard for organ and harpsichord, [3] the design of which was extended by Paul von Janko in his 1882 patent for a keyboard layout. [4]
In a letter dated 30 August 1706, he wrote to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz dealing with many issues of music theory he sets out detailed calculations for a method of musical temperament, using Euclid's algorithm in his reasoning. [5] Leibniz had Henfling's work published as "Epistola de novo suo systemate musico" in Miscellanea berolinensia, in 1710. [6]
Conrad Henfling (1648–1716 Ansbach, Germany), [1] musicologist, musician, mathematician and lawyer [2] was an official and privy councilor (Hofrat) at the court of the Margrave of Ansbach, Germany. He also invented a new type of keyboard for organ and harpsichord, [3] the design of which was extended by Paul von Janko in his 1882 patent for a keyboard layout. [4]
In a letter dated 30 August 1706, he wrote to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz dealing with many issues of music theory he sets out detailed calculations for a method of musical temperament, using Euclid's algorithm in his reasoning. [5] Leibniz had Henfling's work published as "Epistola de novo suo systemate musico" in Miscellanea berolinensia, in 1710. [6]