<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Nope. I came across them in =
Dr. Jorgensen's book trying to find an HT that would have been =
appropriate for a Haydn trio sometime back. Graupner was first oboist =
in Haydn's orchestra in the London symphonies of 1791 and 1792 and later =
immigrated to the US. He became an American citizen in 1807, and was =
a founder of the American Haydn Society and a major figure in the =
promotion of orchestral music in America. He owned a music store in =
Boston and also sold pianos, publishing his instructions for tuning in =
1819 (which seemed to have been based on Bland's 1790 temperament). I =
didn't have time to read much on Farey (can't check that book out), =
except that his temperament, which I believe predated Graupner's, was =
closer to ET even than Graupner's. Both temperaments would easily =
pass the RPT exam for ET with a score of 100, with no offset as great as =
one cent, although Graupner acknowledged that less skilled tuners would =
have difficulty achieving the proper results. That's right, it was =
simply the lack of tuner's skill preventing composers from having access =
to something indistinguishable from our best modern attempts at equal =
temperament 70 years before Helmholtz! There were others in that time =
which had similar tendencies toward ET, being based on the tuning =
instructions published by John Bland in 1790, and at least for me, these =
two in particular, given Graupner's close relationship to Haydn, =
indicate some evidence that composers at least as early as the Classical =
period perhaps did desire the versatility of ET for the piano if it =
could be achieved. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV>You =
know me: devil's advocate =
>:-)</DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 8, 2005, at 12:55 =
PM, Avery Todd wrote:</DIV><BR =
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> New ones =
on me. Or do you mean Farley. As in: <A =
href="http://www.farleyspianos.com/" eudora="autourl"> =
http://www.farleyspianos.com<BR><BR> </A><FONT face="arial">Avery =
<BR><BR> </FONT>At 01:56 PM 12/7/2005, you wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE =
type="cite" class="cite" cite="">On Dec 7, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Fred =
Sturm wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite" class="cite" cite=""> =
<FONT face="Helvetica, Helvetica"> I'd say Valotti is a bit pungent =
for Beethoven, and would recommend something on the lines of John =
Preston, Peter Prelleur, Early 18th Century, Representative 18th =
Century, or Broadwood Best (Ellis tuner #4) instead. =
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> Why not Graupner or Farey?<BR> :-)<BR> =
JT</BLOCKQUOTE> <X-SIGSEP><P> _______________________<BR> Avery Todd, =
RPT<BR> Moores School of Music<BR> University of Houston<BR> Houston, TX =
77204-4017 </P></X-SIGSEP></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> =
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