Temperament selection

[David Porritt]

Dean:

 

In a well constructed WT like the Young E-flat and A are very much like ET
since they are half way around the circle of 5ths.

 

dp

 

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David M. Porritt, RPT

dporritt at smu.edu

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Dean May
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:55 AM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: Temperament selection

 

A great deal of church music is written or played in 3 flats. How would a
mild WT, like the Coleman 10 or 11 do for that key?

 

Dean

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Terre Haute IN  47802

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Love
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:23 AM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: Temperament selection

 

The Coleman 10 will be even milder and Ron Koval has developed one he calls
the "Penny" which is even milder.  BTW, he also has a slightly stronger 1.5
which is very close to the Coleman 10.  I prefer to keep WTs very mild when
tuning them and agree that it gives a greater sense of sonority to many
pianos-especially small ones.  I think this impression is largely due to the
purer thirds in the keys with fewer sharps and flats which is where most
people tend to go when testing an instrument.  If you did side by side
testing on pianos with ET versus WT by playing only in keys with 5 or more
sharps and flats, I'm not sure that the WT would emerge victorious.  

 

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Porritt
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 5:50 AM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: Temperament selection

 

The Coleman 11 is a safe, small departure from ET.  

 

dp

 

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David M. Porritt, RPT

dporritt at smu.edu

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Scott Jackson
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:47 AM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: Temperament selection

 

With so many temperaments to choose between, could you suggest an easy "Well
Temperament" to start with?

 

Scott Jackson

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Page [mailto:jonpage at comcast.net] 
Sent: Friday, 13 April 2007 22:07
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Temperament selection (was: Franz Mohr in Moscow)

>... Wurlitzer console and spinet and micro-grand pianos..."Harsh whiney
crap."

 

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.

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Regards,

Jon Page

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