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Chamberlain Music was started in Haslemere, Surrey in
1990 and has since grown to be one of the largest
mail-order music suppliers in the UK, with a significant
amount of business coming also from Europe. We are
also one of the largest sellers of Yamaha pianos in the
country, and we have a large, modern showroom in
Haslemere in which a wide range of pianos, both new
and second-hand, are always in stock.
Rookery Farm
Radstock, Somerset BA3 4UL
England
Abbey Piano Services is run by a small team of
Houldsworth Business & Arts Centre
Houldsworth Street
Stockport, Cheshire SK56DA
England
Piano House Ltd have been based in the Greater
5 - 8 Chester Court
Albany Street
Camden Town, London NW1 4BU
England
For 100 years Markson Pianos have been one of the
154 High Street
Cardiff, South Glamorgan ll49 9NU
Wales/Cymru
PianosCymru is an award winning piano dealership
Russell House
Grove Hill Road
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1RZ
England
Covering Kent, Sussex and Surrey from stores in
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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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