
A&C Hamilton Musical Instruments is a trading name of A&C Hamilton Ltd. Located in Preston, Lancashire, we are a musical instrument specialist and have been trading for over 30 years. Renowned for service and support we have have grown over the years into one of the UK's prime musical instrument retailers.
34 Wellhead Terrace
Ashington, Northumberland NE638PA
England
With a fine selection of only the best new pianos
R/O The Old George
Fore St, Milverton
Taunton, Somerset TA4 1JU
England
Our Stock of new and reconditioned pianos has been
Woodview Throckmorton Road
Throckmorton
Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 2JY
England
We are a well-established, friendly, family run
3 Canal Street
Paisley, Renfrewshire PA1 2HD
Scotland
P. S. Pianos. A specalist piano shop. Being a
Unit 3C
Bull Lane Industrial Estate
Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 OBD
England
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
18-06-2022 12:30PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
11-12-2021 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
08-01-2022 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
12-02-2022 01:00PM
Tuning Temperaments
How many piano tuning temperaments are there?
There are countless variations, but most fall within three major categories;
1. Meantone, which generally concentrated the dissonance into a few unusable intervals (often called "wolf" intervals), so that the others could be Just. These are often called "restrictive" tunings, since there are certain intervals that are not usable. Good intervals are really good, bad ones are really bad. The Meantone era was approx. 1400-1700
2. Well-Temperament, which gives more consonance to the most often used keys, and more dissonance to the lesser used ones. Though not equal, these tunings are "non-restrictive" because all intervals can be used. The intervals range from Just to barely acceptable. Well-temperament refers to a genre, not a specific tuning. The Well-Tempered era is approx. 1700-1880.
3. Equal Temperament, which spreads the dissonance equally among all intervals.
There is no difference in consonance or dissonance between any keys, thus, there are no good ones or bad ones. Equal temperament represents a complete average. Dates of its acceptance are debated, but there is ample evidence that it was widely available by 1900 and is the predominate tuning on keyboards, today.
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