The "Moore" (as well as the Broadwood Best and Broadwood Usual) were all 1885, all in a test by Ellis. "Moore" was done on a harmonium by a tuner from Moore & Moore. The Broadwood factory sent their "best" tuner and their "usual" tuner. Ellis analyzed the three (and four others) and documented them all. Jorgensen studied the results and corrected some of the numbers for evident slippage. Jorgensen applied the term "Representative Victorian Well" to the Moore. One way to assess the relative "strengths" of the well temperaments is by simply comparing the sizes of the smallest and largest thirds. ET has all the thirds at 13.7 cents. The "Pythagorean" third is 21.5, and since Werckmeister the rule of thumb was that the ear could not tolerate more than 21.5 cents. Here are some numbers from my website...arranged roughly from "mildest" to "strongest". 10.7, 15.7 - Coleman 10 9.7, 15.7 - Coleman 4 9.7, 15.7 - Moore 7.7, 17.7 - Coleman 11 6.7, 17.7 - Broadwood's Best 5.7, 17.7 - Broadwood's Usual 6.4, 18.0 - EBVT 1 7.9, 18.8 - EBVT 2 5.9, 19.6 - Lehman's Bach 5.7, 19.7 - Coleman 16 5.9, 21.5 - Vallotti 5.9, 21.5 - Vallotti-Young 5.4, 21.5 - Young | || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| jason's cell 425 830 1561 | || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote: > Thanks Ed. But to clarify, the Moore you are using is the 1885 Moore? > > Terry Farrell > > On Mar 11, 2010, at 11:03 AM, A440A at aol.com wrote: > > Hi Terry, > The three mildest, in ascending order of change, are Moore, Coleman 11, > and then Broadwood's Best. I use all three. The Moore is on the stage > pianos, (as well as the Nashville Public Radio broadcast studios. ) The > Coleman does well in many home situations, as does the Broadwood. > Hope that helps. > Moore is the default I use with new customers, unless they are specific > use pianos. > > > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100311/7db76833/attachment.htm>
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