Square grand Tunings

[Andrew & Rebeca Anderson]

Joe,
You're probably right, but this will require three tunings before it is 
stable, I think.  The current owner doesn't play and just wants it back up 
where it should be and is a little adventurous to boot.  (He wants to sell 
it too, he thinks it should be worth 30Gs, he wanted my advice--backup on 
that and I suggested that a little creative marketing and the "right" 
customer might get him near there.)  I've wanted to try meantone and it 
seems like the perfect guinea pig. ;-)

Andrew


At 10:45 AM 3/14/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Andrew said: "I'm expecting to tune a square grand that hasn't
>been tuned since it was re-strung (Brown & Allen, ten years ago) in
>modified meantone."
>
>Andrew,
>I'd suggest Broadwoods Best for these thingees. The inharmonicity, (or
>balance of, therein),
>would make a "modified meantone" be a bit too raucous for the average ear,
>IMHO. (They sound way too raucous in most temperaments, anyway.<G>)
>Best Regards,
>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>Captain, Tool Police
>Squares Are I
>
>
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