The Bach Temperament

[Avery]

Hi Ed,

I've also used it. But it was on a harpsichord for an all Back recital. :-) He
liked it, BTW.

Avery

At 09:47 PM 11/20/2006, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>       Well, I tried it.  The tuning scheme that Mr. Lehman extrapolated from
>the inscription on Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier".  The customer was
>astonished at the effect.  This is a customer that had been using  a later
>well-temperament, and he felt that the Bach tuning was a large 
>improvement.  He plays a
>lot of Chopin, as well as Beethoven, Haydn, and Bach.
>      It seems that Bach knew what he was doing( does that surprise 
> anyone?).
>I would encourage tuners to try it and have a listen, this thing has some
>serious claim to authenticity and fits well with virtually all the 
>music I have
>heard played on it, jazz and 20th century standard stuff, too.
>Regards,
>
>Ed Foote RPT
>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>
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