<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version = 6.5.7226.0"> <TITLE>RE: [CAUT] Temperament:Harpsichord:Handel ?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">Isn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">t Jason</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">s site a great resource?</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">I have always used a Handel temperament when tuning for a Handel = performance. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Baskerville = Old Face">This temperament was published posthumously</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> = <FONT FACE="Baskerville Old Face">in 1780.  My reading of = Jorgensen is that he feels the preponderance of = evidence</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Baskerville = Old Face">tilts toward it being</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old Face"> genuinely = Handel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">s, though no proof exists.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">It is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">, as given by Jorgensen:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">A      </FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> = <FONT FACE="Baskerville Old Face">+</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">0.0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">G#     </FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> = <FONT FACE="Baskerville Old Face">-0.55</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">G       +1.72</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">F#      -2.58</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">F       +3.44</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">E       +0.0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old Face">8</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">Eb      +1.41</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">D       -0.08</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">C#      -2.50</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">C       +4.46</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">B       -0.78</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">Bb      +2.42</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us">  </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A NAME=""><SPAN = LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old Face">Lawrence Becker, = RPT</FONT></SPAN></A></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">Piano Technician</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">College-Conservatory of Music</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Baskerville Old = Face">University of Cincinnati</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New">-----Original Message-----<BR> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [<A = HREF="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On = Behalf Of Jon Page<BR> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 8:31 AM<BR> To: caut@ptg.org<BR> Subject: [CAUT] Temperament:Harpsichord:Handel ?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New">Authentic to the period?  Check out the time line at Jason's = site:</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New"><A = HREF="http://www.rollingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm">http://www.rol= lingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New">and you'll see that Werckmeister WT and Keller = Meantone</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New">were likely prevalent during his time period.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New">-- </FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New">Regards,</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New">Jon Page</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New">_______________________________________________</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier = New">caut list info: <A = HREF="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org/mail= man/listinfo/caut</A></FONT></SPAN></P> </BODY> </HTML>