Ummmmm, Dean, the Coleman temps ARE in there!!! Terry Farrell On Mar 11, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Dean May wrote: > Very helpful, thank you > > I have studied Jason’s website, but of course the Coleman temps are > not in there. > > Dean > > Dean W May (812) 235-5272 > > PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY > > Terre Haute IN 47802 > > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf Of Ed Foote > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:19 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Well Tempered tunings > > Deand writes: > I’ve used the Vallotti-Young, Broadwood Best, EBVT-3, Coleman 11 and > Coleman 16. The charts that I’ve studied don’t have many of the > above styles, or they are called something else. Can you help me, > Ed, or anyone else, put these in some kind of order from mild to > extreme, or give any other comments about them? > > It is easiest to take a look at the size of the thirds. In the > above list, from mild to extreme, I would say: > Coleman 11, Broadwood's best. EBVT-3,(?) Coleman 16, and then the > Valotti-Young. Not sure about the EBVT, since it has been a while > since I used it. > Some temps. don't stray more than 4 cents from ET, in either > direction. Some go so far as 7 cents bigger than ET, with an > accompanying Just third at C. I consider a temp. more extreme if > the full comma (21.5 cents) is found in the most remote thirds, > and there is also the consideration of how many, ie, the Young has > one third that wide while the Werksmeister III has three (if I > remember correctly). The 1/4 C is pretty extreme, since it has dim > 4ths in place of 4 of the thirds, and some total consonance in the > rest. Jim Coleman mentioned to me that his #16 was very close to > the Young. > I love Classical pieces in the more extreme WT's, but have had > some raised eyebrows from pianists that play a lot more modern > stuff. I have heard Schubert on a Kirnberger III and it was sublime. > > Hope that helps, > Ed Foote RPT > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100312/a68cdf6a/attachment-0001.htm>
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