Hi All, > > I am hoping to find out what temperament might have been used by a Mr. > Joubert for tuning for Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Greetings, This will be difficult. The period of 1880-1910 seems to be a transitional one in temperament development. It could have been anywhere between a Young and ET. I would suspect that it was a slightly biased ET, perhaps much like the Broadwood tunings that Jorgensen posits. It would be very interesting to have two pianos, side by side, one tuned in ET and the other in something like the "Victorian" styles. Then ask faculty to play the same piece on both and tell you which tuning they thought best expressed the writing. (Don't tell anybody which is which!) Regards, Ed Foote RPT Nashville, Tn.
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