Performances in WT

Jon Page jonpage@attbi.com
Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:21:40 -0400


At 02:06 AM 8/28/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >An interesting note, when talking with the Borromeo's 'first fiddle'
> >afterwards;
> >I asked him what it was about the temperament he liked. He couldn't put his
> >finger
> >on it exactly but that when he visited my shop and could compare
> >side-by-side the
> >Moore WT and ET, the WT was favored. And that as far as he was concerned, it
> >is more important for the piano to be in tune than actual temperament. But
> >for me
> >the overall sound was rounder and fuller with the WT tuning.
> >
> >In fact, this final week of the Cape & Islands Chamber Music Festival was
> >recorded by WGBH.
> >So each venue had a different piano tuned in WT. Works included composers:
> >Mozart, Arensky, Strauss, Chausson, Shubert, Mussorgsky, Schumann, Kriesler.
>
>Wow.  What a great job you have.......I'd deeply love to hear your WT
>pianos.  Is there or will there be a CD available?
>
>Best, David A.

I'm not certain about a CD but I'm told that some of the pieces will be 
aired on NPR.
There is a CD of last year's highlights but they were all tuned in ET.
Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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