This week's encounters with Well Temperament

[Farrell]

Well, of course you can always listen to octaves and unisons - if those are bad, you have a bad tuning. The temperament would be a little bit tougher. I think in this case you would have to assume that the tech evaluating the piano does not know which non-equal temperament might have been used - if any. I guess then, just listen to the piano - if the simple keys/cords sound smooth and pure-ish it is likely a non-equal temperament. I could easily imagine having a tough time with this.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HazenBannister@cs.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: This week's encounters with Well Temperament


> Hi list,
>   In an area with lots of different temperments going around,how can someone 
> know if you're a bad tuner,or maybe just changed things around on purpose.If 
> I go and play on a piano,and it does'nt sound right,I think to myself ,what 
> kind of no tuning rascal has been working on this piano,when maybe he did it 
> on purpose,how would people know. I'm like Terry,looking forward to 
> Chicago,and a new perspective. Also, I'm not trying to be negative in any way 
> about this, just curious and interested.
> Hazen Bannister
>