---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 1/19/01 6:12:55 PM Central Standard Time, :=A0 =A0=20 shop@farleyspianos.com (Farley's House of Pianos) writes: "A new CD of Chopin works recorded on a completely restored Steinway model=20= B (1907) in Jean-Baptiste Rameau 1/7 comma meantone is available for sale." Well, by gosh, he did it! Although I can tell that it was one of his staff=20 that wrote the post. Tim is really not the kind of person who uses a=20 computer. There is an error in the name of the person who designed the temperament. I= t=20 is *Romieu*, not *Rameau*. Jean-Baptiste Romieu and Jean-Philippe Rameau ar= e=20 definitely not the same person. The 1/7 Comma Meantone Temperament was=20 designed in 1758 by Romieu. Rameau is known for using an 18th Century=20 *Modified* Meantone Temperament (a different class of temperaments=20 altogether). I hope as many of you as possible get that CD and express your opinion about= =20 it, even those who say they prefer ET. I would expect at least some people=20 to say it sounds "out of tune". When I was getting the Baldwin SD-10 ready=20 for the notorious performance in Albuquerque, I invited 2 gentlemen from=20 Steinway for an advance hearing of what the tuning would sound like that=20 night. As, the artist practiced the Beethoven "Pathetique" Sonata, I was=20 thinking how powerful of an impression the temperament gave the "wailing=20 ghost" sounds in the key of F minor. The Steinway men just laughed and smirked, "Bill, that sounds *out of tune*!= "=20 Apparently, some people later on thought so, too. But if you'll give it a=20 fair listen, I think you'll find what I observed: there is some=20 extraordinary beauty the temperament provides that just cannot be heard any=20 other way. In order to get that really sweet sound, you have to endure what= =20 sometimes sounds tart and strained. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/54/a2/ab/dd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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