<html> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered)"> <title>Message</title> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> 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   <div> ____________________ David M. Porritt, RPT <a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dean May Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:55 AM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Temperament selection </div>   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?   <div> Dean Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN  47802 </div>   <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:23 AM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Temperament selection </div>   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.    <div> David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com </div> -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@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   <div> ____________________ David M. Porritt, RPT <a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a> </div> <div> <div style='margin-left:.5in'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Scott Jackson Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:47 AM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Temperament selection </div>   <div> With so many temperaments to choose between, could you suggest an easy "Well Temperament" to start with? </div> <div>   </div> <div> Scott Jackson </div> <div>   </div> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> -----Original Message----- From: Jon Page [mailto:jonpage@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, 13 April 2007 22:07 To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Temperament selection (was: Franz Mohr in Moscow) <div> >... Wurlitzer console and spinet and micro-grand pianos..."Harsh whiney crap." </div> <div>   </div> <div> ET does have it's limitations on small pianos. A Well Temperament placed </div> <div> on these types really does make them more sonorous. Sounding better </div> <div> than you could imagine, taking the harshness and edginess out which </div> <div> ET puts in. </div> <X-SIGSEP><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>-- </pre></X-SIGSEP> <div> Regards, Jon Page </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>