Feedback or Controversy on Bach/Lehman's temperament ?

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Wed Apr 12 05:51:48 MDT 2006


I forgot. He also played a piece composed for him by one of our faculty
on a toy piano. Didn't have to tune that one, though. :-D

Avery

 >I don't have much feedback yet, but FYI, for a faculty piano recital last
 >night, I used Lehman's temperament on a harpsichord (Bach), Kirnberger on
 >a 1700's reproduction Fortepiano (Haydn), Young on an 1850(ish) Bosendorfer
 >Fortepiano and ET on a S & S 'D' (Berg). Whew! Quite a tuning session. :-)
 >Both Fortepianos were sharp enough that I had to go over them twice. All in
 >all, about 3-½ hrs. plus a preliminary tuning in the AM on the Bosendorfer
 >prior to a rehearsal.
 >
 >I've also used the Lehman for a concert our harpsichord guy played at a major
 >hall downtown (all Bach). He also recently did an all Mozart faculty recital
 >a couple of weeks ago using the Kirnberger on the Maene Fortepiano.
 >
 >Now if I could just some established on regular 
pianos. Maybe I should just do
 >what Ed did. Move a few to something like a 
Young and don't say anything about
 >it. Of course, in my position, it would be simple to retune if anyone
 >complained.
 >
 >Avery Todd, RPT
 >University of Houston




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