Temperament selection

[Brad Lehman]

Dean May wrote:
> Okay, I did my first WT yesterday, a Yamaha P22. I was pleased with the
> results, even my D-flat piece sounded okay. My Pocket RCT doesn't display a
> Coleman 10 or 11 so I used the Young-Valetti which someone had recommended a
> year or so ago. 
> 
> I am wondering about doing it on a church piano that has other instruments
> tuned to the piano. Will this be a problem? 

I've had our church piano set in the Bach since June 2005, all the time, 
and it works beautifully for everything.  (Of course it does, since it 
comes from the Well-Tempered Clavier, using all 24 keys!)  Some of our 
other musicians variously play violins, cello, guitars, and flute with 
it and haven't had any problems.  Nor did a clarinettist with whom I 
played a movement of the Brahms F minor sonata.

This morning for the service I played two of Grieg's "Lyric Pieces" 
("Elegy" and "Thanks") going all over the place harmonically, but 
centered in one and two sharps for home.  And then some Scott Joplin in 
two, three, and four flats.  No difficulties, and a nice range of color.

The D-flat major and A-flat major don't shriek with harshness like 
Vallotti's tend to do.  Rather, they're warmer and mellower.

Seven of the twelve notes happen to be the same as in Vallotti's.  I 
have cent charts at the bottom of the page here, showing details and 
instructions:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/larips/comparison.html


Brad Lehman
http://www.larips.com