A.Hanna & Sons Pianos LTD offer new pianos, used pianos, piano accessories, and also offer part exchange and many other services and products.
We are very proud of our superb commitment to quality, and aim to give the very best service time and time again.
We are an official dealer for C. Bechstein and Bechstein Academy pianos. C. Bechstein and Bechstein Academy are manufacturers of world class grand and upright pianos, and have been since 1843. All of our C. Bechstein pianos, as well as our new Yamaha, Ritmuller, Perzina, Steinbach pianos and the rest of our top quality pianos, are available in a range of models to suit all tastes and budgets.
We would like to invite you to visit our piano showroom to view, touch and hear the wide range of our special selections of New Pianos and / or Reconditioned Secondhand Pianos which are on special deals with Free UK Delivery.
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England
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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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