Jon writes:
<< ET does have it's limitations on small pianos. A Well Temperament placed
on these types really does make them more sonorous. Sounding better
than you could imagine, taking the harshness and edginess out which
ET puts in. >>
It has been related to me that a well-tempered console piano will
sell before an identical equally tempered one right beside it. This, from a
store owner/technician who was initially very leary of not using ET. I gave a
temperament program for a local organization, and tuned a Petrof he had at the
store. After a weekend of trying a mild WT in the middle of all his store
pianos, he was asking about "what kind of machine did I use to make the piano
sound like that?" He liked the sound, a lot. He has since found that the WT
smaller pianos sell first, in a store with rows of identical small pianos.
regards,
Ed Foote RPT
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
<BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> See what's free at
http://www.aol.com.</HTML>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC