harp temp

[Brian Lawson]

 7. Tuning Temperament

The harp is regulated to play in all keys without re-tuning. The scale is
equally tempered like that of a piano and is therefore slightly out of tune
in all keys.

When playing with other instruments if the harp is re-tuned to match chords
of the untempered scale then the enharmonics (Eb-D, F-Gb etc.) will be of
differing frequencies and the harp will be out of tune in keys other than
that in which it was tuned. The opinion could be formed that the instrument
has been ill-regulated which would not be the case.

From: http://www.morleyharps.com/  Harp Mainenance

Brian Lawson, RPT, MPT
Johannesburg, South Africa


----- Original Message -----
From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM>
To: <Pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 4:15 PM
Subject: harp temp


> With all this talk about ET in guitars, etc. are there any harp players
out
> there who can tell us what kind of temperament a harp tunes to?
>
> Willem