Welcome to david manson pianos
We hire/rent sell and restore upright and grand pianos. Specialising in rental for beginners. We deal mainly in the secondhand market restoring older instruments, but always have a good selection of modern instruments like Yamaha, Kawai and various other makes. Tuning and servicing, and restoration is a main part of our business. Fitting humidity systems, castors wheels, etc. Removals and storage can also be undertaken.
Feel free to explore the website to find out more about the service we can provide. If you have any queries about anything concerning the service we provide please don’t hesitate to contact us
Woodacre Farm
Warrington Road
Lymm, Cheshire WA139BT
England
As well as a large selection of New and
3 The Stables Lynx Park Business Centre
Colliers Green
Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2LR
England
We hire/rent sell and restore upright and grand
122A Horsham La
Upchurch
Gillingham, Kent ME87XB
England
Main agents for Steinmayer, Weber and Gors &
217 Boxley Rd
Maidstone, Kent ME14 2BH
England
Sales of new and nearly new pianos from the
1 Queen Street
Horsham, West Sussex RH13 5AA
England
The Horsham Piano Centre was established in 1980
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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