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5 Bridge St
Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14 6EW
England
As a family business, we have specialised in
High Street Llanerchymedd
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey LL65 3LS
Wales/Cymru
We are a retail Musical Instrument Company in
5 High Bank Side
Off St. Petersgate
Stockport, Cheshire SK1 1HG
England
we supply all styles of Acoustic Piano, from
65 Sankey Street
Warrington, Cheshire WA1 1SU
England
Today, we supply all styles of Acoustic Piano,
Verve House
Sunningdale
Ascot, Berkshire SL5 0DJ
England
Handel Pianos is a family run business and our
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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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