HT Experience

[Paul]

Terry
Has any one posted the Valotti temperament as found in Jorgenson's book i.e.
the page number etc. I've got the book and would like to try it.

Paul Chick

PS your replies came through
----- Original Message -----
From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: HT Experience


> Expect much favorable comments! I have tuned my home piano to Valotti for
> about six months now. A couple months ago I went back to ET and my wife
> SCREAMED! I very quickly put Valotti back on and she was happy. I tuned
one
> of my son's piano teacher's pianos with Valotti and she said the piano
never
> sounded so good!
>
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:30 AM
> Subject: Re: HT Experience
>
>
> > Ok boys and girls. I tuned my first HT today. The Young Villotti, on a
> Yamaha LU
> > series upright. Posted a note on the door that I would keep it like this
> for some
> > weeks forward and encouraged all students and teachers to experiment and
> experience
> > it.
> >
> > As for my own reactions. A couple things came to mind right away. First
> this
> > continuing discussion about the Reverse Well.  Ok... there are obviously
> degrees
> > involved here. Because I can tell you the Young Villotti was so very
very
> obviously
> > not an ET tuning that you would have to be completely useless as a tuner
> if you
> > could not notice the difference after playing this for a bit... if not
> like within
> > a few seconds really. With this in mind I would suspect that the Reverse
> Well
> > disscussion is somewhat an over driven point, curious enough in its own
> right.. but
> > I cant imagine this phenomena resulting in a tuning that is so removed
> from ET as
> > what I tuned today was. Either that or something is very seriously wrong
> indeed
> > with how we decide what comprises a tuning that is good enough to pass
the
> RPT
> > test, and frankly I doubt things could get that out of hand.
> >
> > I must say tho I liked very much the resulting tuning. It was very
> different, and
> > certain chords, intervals, keys.. etc etc.. were of course too
discordant
> to be at
> > all pleasing. Yet those that were, were indeed beautiful to listen to in
a
> > completly un-accustomed to manner. It is easy indeed to imagine a
composer
> with
> > these tonal parameters at hand utilizing the different kinds of effects
> different
> > beat rates create for what in ET are essentially the same intervals,,
> chords...
> > what have you. In ET a major third is indeed a major third in a sense
that
> simply
> > is not the case in the Young Villotti. Some of these "major thirds"
indeed
> approach
> > distances that would require another lable.. as in diminished fourth..
or
> perhaps
> > even an augmented minor third if you get my meaning.
> >
> > The piano itself reacted well to this temperament in the sense that I
got
> no
> > feeling at all that this modern instrument was unsuitable in any fashion
> whatsoever
> > to being tuned in this fashion... quite the opposite really. It sounded
> quite nice
> > indeed.
> >
> > I will keep you all posted as to the responses I get from the different
> students
> > and teachers as the next few days and weeks pass. This is an interesting
> adventure,
> > one that I can recommend to one and all.
> >
> > --
> > Richard Brekne
> > RPT, N.P.T.F.
> > Bergen, Norway
> >
> > PS... The tuning was accomplished by use of the RCT historic tuning
> library. I
> > followed along with the recipie given in Owens book. Wanted to do it
this
> way the
> > first couple times to get a feel for how it basically should sound. Will
> let my ear
> > take over when I feel comfortable enough with the aural temperament
> routine.
> >
> >
> >
>