89edo divides the octave into 89 steps of size 13.48 cents each, and tempers out the commas 126/125, 1728/1715, 32805/32768, 2401/2400, 176/175, 243/242, 441/440 and 540/539. It is an especially good tuning for myna temperament, both in the 7-limit, tempering out 126/125 and 1728/1715, and in the 11-limit, where 176/175 is tempered out also. It is likewise a good tuning for the rank three temperament thrush, tempering out 126/125 and 176/175.

89 has a fifth less than a cent flat and a major third less than five cents sharp, with a 7 two cents sharp and an 11 1.5 cents sharp. It thus delivers reasonably good 11-limit harmony and very good no-fives harmony along with the very useful approximations represented by its commas. On a related note, a notable characteristic of this EDO is that it is the lowest in a series of four consecutive EDOs to temper out 117440512/117406179.

89edo is the 24th prime edo, and the 11th in the Fibonacci sequence, which means its 55th step approximates logarithmic phi (i.e. (phi-1)*1200 cents) within a fraction of a cent.

Approximation of prime harmonics in 89edo
Harmonic 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31
Error Absolute (¢) +0.00 -0.83 +4.70 +1.96 +1.49 -4.57 +2.91 -0.88 +5.43 -4.86 +1.03
Relative (%) +0.0 -6.2 +34.8 +14.5 +11.1 -33.9 +21.6 -6.6 +40.3 -36.0 +7.7
Steps
(reduced)
89
(0)
141
(52)
207
(29)
250
(72)
308
(41)
329
(62)
364
(8)
378
(22)
403
(47)
432
(76)
441
(85)

Scales