[pianotech] Temperaments...again

[Jim Busby]

Hi Julia,

I have a professor who has Werk. III on his piano and loves it. However, there are certain keys that have too much "bite" for me, especially when playing more "modern" music. The keys of F# and C#, for instance, sound very busy. Milder WTs work much better. However, if you're in what I call the "smooth tonalities" it may sound "better" to you. This has been discussed soooooh much that I hesitate saying more.

Try playing something like a Hymn and transpose it to several different tonalities. If you still think "everything sounds more in tune" I would wonder if eating a lemon vs chocolate seems all the same too.<G> But maybe that's just me.

Regards,
Jim Busby BYU


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Subject: [pianotech] Temperaments...again

Greetings,

           I tuned my old upright to the Werckmeister III...and I am sorry (or maybe I am not) but I absolutely LOVE it.  Everything sound so much better!... Beethoven sounds SO SO much more in tune! Is it me or what?
I purchased Ross's book: How ET ruined harmony and have not begun reading it yet (saving it as a reward for passing the last RPT exam) ...so ...my mind certainly isnt bent or predjudice against ET (yet) from reading the book. I think I am growing a distaste for ET all by myself.

Why does everything sound more in tune?

Julia Gottshall
Reading, PA

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