Nice work John Are you doing these strictly with ETD, or are you learning aural checks to execute the temperaments as well ? I ask for my own attempts in learning and exploring these. Cheers RicB Jon Page wrote: > > I have finished tuning the pianos (this break) at the Cape Cod Conservatory > in different temperaments. > The differences are not as appalling as one might assume. > > Between the two facilities, each has 3 in ET, 2 in Moore, > 2 in Wendell Mild Synchronous Well. (including a D for recital - wow, clarity), > 2 in Broadwood Best, 1 in Werkmeister (I like), 1 in Young. > > I have 2 left to tune, 1098's (cringe), I'll do them either in Moore or an > RW WT, possibly Young/2 > > So far, of the three teachers who have tried them, Broadwood's Best is > preferred, although > they did not have a chance to sample the Wendell. > > If one temperament is in disapproval, I'll replace it with another. A tonal > buffet. > > Aiding in the presentation are the charts from Jason Kanter and commentary > by Ed Foote > along with copies of his two CD's in their library. Is this networking or > what... thanks guys. > > Ed's description of temperament structure will open a new avenue to the > musicians. > To paraphrase one teacher, "All the years at Julliard, and I never head of > this stuff". > > What prompted me to approach the director with this plan was the success of > this past > summer's music festivals. All were requested to be tuned in the Moore WT > after their > directors compared pianos in ET and WT. > > Only once did a musician prefer ET, they play 20th Century music and did > not like > the smoothness in the beginning of the cycle of fifths; primarily the C-E. > They wanted > that tension. No problem. > > This is gunna be a great year ! > > Regards, > > Jon Page, piano technician > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. > mailto:jonpage@attbi.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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