[pianotech] Werkmeister III tuning - slightly OT

John Formsma formsma at gmail.com
Tue May 15 08:48:53 MDT 2012


I doubt there will be any major problems. Pipe organs vary more than pianos
(according to the temperature). You'd have problems matching the organ to
the piano even if both were tuned in ET.

Then, add the choir to it.... You'll have so much going on that it will all
blend in.

At least that's my guess. I wouldn't worry about it at all. Pretend the
piano is tuned in Werckmeister III. :-)

-- 
John Formsma, RPT
Blue Mountain, MS



On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Rex Roseman <rosemanpiano at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I have been asked to be an emergency sub for a concert this Sunday for a
> local community chorus. They are doing the Kyrie from Vierne’s Messe
> Solennelle at a local church. The problem is that I know the organ at the
> church was built to be tuned to Werkmeister III. The piece is in c# minor
> and is for 2 organs. The second part is going to be played on a keyboard
> (it mostly just doubles the choir). That instrument will most likely be in
> Equal Temperament and most likely will not be adjustable to Werkmeister III.
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> My request is for any of you out there that have experience with
> Werkmeister III to let me know if you think that we are headed for a major
> train wreck at dress rehearsal Friday with these two temperaments on the
> two instruments playing in the key of c# minor. I can transpose to c minor
> or d minor if they would work better.
>
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> Any help as to how to avoid disaster would be appreciated.
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> Thank you.
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> Rex Roseman
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