Temperaments (Was Re: [CAUT] Steinway B breaking strings)

[Avery Todd]

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Hi Fred,

Yes, Chip is a great guy. One of our DMA graduates. He did his 
Lecture Recital several years ago on Chopin & had me tune either the 
Werkmeister or Kirnberger (I can't remember now) for it. For the 
extra work, he gave me a nice bottle of Chopin Vodka! :-D

Avery

At 05:51 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote:
>On Feb 14, 2006, at 7:59 AM, <mailto:A440A@aol.com>A440A@aol.com wrote:
>
>>  I will add another thought.  Change the temperament!
>
>Hi Ed, all,
>On the subject of temperaments, I have been reading and listening to 
>a fascinating dissertation by Willis "Chip" Miller. It opens with an 
>excellent overview of the history of the development of various 
>temperaments, but the main body has to do with the use of various 
>unequal temperaments in Chopin. What I find most useful are the 
>musical examples. He has some 50 short segments from Chopin pieces, 
>a few measures each, with each one done in eight different 
>temperaments. Werckmeister, Rameau, Roouseau, Stanhope, Jousse, 
>DeMorgan, Broadwood Best, Broadwood Usual, and ET for reference. 
>Regardless of how you respond to the arguments, having this resource 
>is nothing short of amazing. Listen successively to each in turn, go 
>back and forth. The subtleties are hard to catch at first, but with 
>repeated listening, the differences are quite astounding. And so 
>much handier than retuning a bunch of pianos <g>.
>The dissertation can be found at 
><http://www.pianolit.com/tuning/>http://www.pianolit.com/tuning/ and 
>can be read and listened to on line or downloaded. It is an 
>"executable file" using flash and java. If you download, you need to 
>find in the folder the item miller_diss.hqx or miller_diss.exe 
>(Mac/Windows) and open it. Instructions included.
>
>Regards,
>Fred Sturm
>University of New Mexico
><mailto:fssturm@unm.edu>fssturm@unm.edu
>  "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which 
> to shape it."
>Bertolt Brecht
>

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