We are a specialist piano company supplying pianos throughout the south of England. Our showrooms are located between Basingstoke and Reading on the Hampshire/Berkshire border. On display in our showrooms are a selection of new and used upright and grand pianos to suit all playing abilities and budgets. We are delighted to be an official Bluthner Piano Centre and appointed stockists for Grotrian Steinweg pianos, Kawai pianos and Schreiner & Sohne pianos. New and old customers are always welcome at our showrooms, we aim to provide a high quality service before, during and after your piano purchase. Our business has been built on good reputation established over many years and we work to the highest standards to maintain it.
Our approach is informal and relaxed; we are dedicated piano specialists and do not employ sales people. During your visit we will share our knowledge and experience and give honest, straightforward advice to help with your choice of piano. To offer this high quality service we welcome customers by informal appointment to guarantee our full attention and a quiet, uninterrupted environment to play the pianos. This system also gives us the freedom to be away from the showrooms to visit local customers for tuning or repair work, carry out deliveries, view pianos to purchase and other tasks related to running a specialist piano business. Please contact us to arrange your visit.
Opening times:
| Mon-Fri: | 8.00-5.30 by appointment |
| Saturday: | by appointment |
| Sunday: | Closed |
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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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