I am soliciting suggestions for an appropriate temperment to use on a 1896 Victorian Upright, 47" G. Challenger & Co. piano. I am restringing the bass strings at the customer's request, and will be repairing a few broken trebles, and the hammers are being reconditioned, but I'm really interested in giving this customer a tuning that will work on this old piano. I'm going to be tuning it at A=435 if that has any influence on your advice. This is a beautiful little piano, with a genuine "honky-tonk" sound and I'd like to make this customer very happy. He's a very casual player and not an artist by any means, so maybe a WT or something similar will sound a bit sweeter to him. Thanks in advance for the suggestions. Greg Casper San Jose, CA
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