Discover the special nature of a visit to our purpose built Regency style showrooms where you will experience the unique atmosphere created by two floors full of both new and second hand pianos! Compare a small upright piano with a baby grand piano or maybe you wish to fulfil your dream with a concert grand piano – all are available from Coach House Pianos and in every price range to suit you!
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Knightley Farm Workshop
Callingwood
Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire DE13 9PU
England
Drayton Mill
Stourbridge, Worcestershire DY9 0BT
England
Broughton Pianos have been trading for over 30
9 Rothersthorpe Avenue
Rothersthorpe Ind. Estate
Northampton, Northamptonshire NN4 8JH
England
LSM Pianos Ltd. was established back in 1979. We
Beach's Crescent
Little London
Tadley, Hampshire RG26 5ER
England
We are a specialist piano company supplying pianos
Colonial House
Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS0 9ST
England
We specialise in reconditioned and restored
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
18-06-2022 01:30PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
11-12-2021 02:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
08-01-2022 02:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
12-02-2022 02:00PM
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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