Examples of tunings, showing the value of major 3rd intervals in cents. A pure (just) 3rd is 386 cents; an equal tempered 3rd is 400 cents; a Pythagorean 3rd is 408 cents: this is considered to be as wide as the ear will tolerate for sustained chords.

TuningC-EG-BD-F#A-C#E-G#B-Eb F#-BbC#-FG#-CEb-GBb-DF-A
Just Scale386386386427427427 406386386386408386
1/4c. Mean Tone386386386386386427 427427427386386386
1/5c. Mean Tone391391391391391419 419419419391391391
4/25c. Mean Tone394394394394394412 412412412394394394
Wm. Hawkes Mod. M.T.391391391391395415 419419414395391391
J.P. Rameau's Mod. M.T.386386391397402413 420417411400388386
D'Alembert's Mod. M.T.386387388389390399 406415424414405395
18c. English386390393397400403 407410414407400393
Werckmeister III390396396402402402 408408408402396390
Kirnberger II386386386395406406 406408408408408397
Kirnberger III386392397400406406 406408408402397392
Bach (Kellner)389394394398403403 408408408403398394
Young I392394396400404406 408406404400396394
Young II392392392396400404 408408408404400396
N. Taylor388393396401406406 408406406401396393
Vallotti392392396400404408 408408404400396392
Equal Temp.400400400400400400 400400400400400400
Pythagorean (Van Zwolle)408408384384384384 408408408408408408

The following table shows the values of minor 3rds in different tunings, with the intervals given in cents. 316 cents is a pure (just) minor 3rd; a 1/4 comma mean tone 3rd is 310 cents, and an equal tempered 3rd is 300 cents.

TuningC-EbG-BbD-FA-CE-GB-D F#-AC#-EG#-BEb-F#Bb-C#F-G#
Just Scale316294294316316316 294275275275316316
1/4c. Mean Tone310310310310310310 310310310269269269
1/5c. Mean Tone307307307307307307 307307307279279279
4/25c. Mean Tone304304304304304304 304304304286286286
Wm. Hawkes Mod. M.T.303307307307307307 307307303283279283
J.P. Rameau's Mod. M.T.296308310310310310 305299294289281285
D'Alembert's Mod. M.T.282292301310310309 308307307299291282
18c. English290297303310310307 303300300297293290
Werckmeister III294300306312306300 300300300294294294
Kirnberger II294294294305316316 305296296296294294
Kirnberger III294300305310310305 300296296296294294
Bach (Kellner)294299304308308304 304299299294294294
Young I298302304306308304 302306296294294296
Young II294298302306306306 306302298294294294
N. Taylor296301304309309304 301306296294294296
Vallotti298302306306306306 302298294294294294
Equal Temp.300300300300300300 300300300300300300
Pythagorean(Van Zwolle)294294294294294294 318318318294294294