[caut] Which HT is best?

[Isaac OLEG]

John,

I tried the Moore as described "not too strong", and find it really
sounding old, and much more stronger than expected.

Beside, I used a very mild "human error" temperament (no more than 1
cts off) on a D that was lacking singing quality in the medium (rare)
, and as a result the first comments from all the pianist where that
the piano "sing". (for a festival this summer)

I am one of those perfect eared tuners, and I am too much disturbed
yet by real HT, but I appreciated the halo and the little differences
exacerbated by the different colors in intervals. That added life to
the performance, and pianists played with that. But they hardly could
tell the piano was not in ET (nor me)

I can appreciate meantone, Valotti or other when employed on
harpsichords or fortepianos with the correspondent music, but I can't
give the pianists something so far off than what they are used to.

If you like it there is a French book on temperaments with many
musical examples & comparisons HT /ET on a tape, at the organ (church)
and the harpsichord, the scores and explanations are given in the
book, that is very pleasing and interesting to read (in French sorry)
Musique et Temperament - Marcel Asselin.

Someone interested I could buy a copy (difficult to find here but used
in the conservatory)


Regards.

Isaac OLEG

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De
> la part de Jon
> Page
> Envoye : mercredi 11 septembre 2002 12:50
> A : College and University Technicians
> Objet : Re: [caut] Which HT is best?
>
>
> At 06:31 PM 9/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >John-
> >Try these:
> >     Representative Victorian (Moore & Co.) - Very mild
> >     Representative 18th Century (Thomas Young) - Medium
> strong, smooth
> > modulations
> >     Francesco Vallotti Well-temperament - 18th Century,
> slightly stronger
> > contrast than T. Young
> >     Prinz Well-temperament -  Strong contrast 18th century
> >
> >Tune the temperament and have the performer play mid-range
> chords around
> >the circle of fifths, C to C to hear the effect of the
> temperament.  If
> >they want to compare temperaments, you can strip mute the
> piano and tune
> >sample temperaments in the middle 3 or 4 octaves.
> >
> >Ed Sutton
>
>
> John,
> I been using the Moore with great success. two chamber
> music festivals this
> past summer requested it
> after hearing pianos tuned with it.
>
> The Moore is a nice step from ET, not too strong but more
> sonorous.  Ed
> advises that for those willing to
> venture into deeper waters, the Thos. Young would be the
> next step (much
> the same as above).
>
> Jon Page
>
>
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