Bedhampton Piano Shop
Bedhampton Piano Shopfront
Bedhampton Pianoshop was established in 1988, and we have been buying, selling and restoring pianos ever since. We always have a selection of pianos for sale. Our aim is to stock a range of restored upright pianos, grand pianos and modern pianos, with something to accommodate all requirements, tastes and budgets.
Our second hand stock is professionally reconditioned, with the benefit of over 20 years’ experience in all aspects of restoration, and an extensive network of expert technicians. We can also carry out work on your own piano, and will undertake anything from a small repair to a complete rebuild. We cover large parts of Hampshire, West Sussex, Surrey and Dorset, but also serve customers from further afield, and pianos can be delivered nationwide.
We have the ability to carry out almost any aspect of restoration, however large or small, and we are able to do most jobs in-house, keeping costs low. Our most common restoration procedures include action reconditioning and repairs, regulation, restringing, cleaning or repolishing of casework and cleaning or re-covering of keys. Please visit our piano restoration or video pages for further details and examples of our work.
98 Canongate
The Royal Mile
City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 8DD
Scotland
For over 40 years we have been known as Edinburgh
273 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow, Lanarkshire G2 3HQ
Scotland
Biggars Music, established in 1867, is Glasgow's
Russell House
Grove Hill Road
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1RZ
England
Covering Kent, Sussex and Surrey from stores in
13 The Broadway
Woodham
New Haw, Surrey KT15 3EU
England
Covering Kent, Sussex and Surrey from stores in
40 Irongate
Derby, Derbyshire DE1 3GA
England
Charles Foulds opened the first Foulds shop in
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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