
WHOEVER YOU ARE
Dawsons caters for all musical styles and for all ages from young children to teenagers and adults, irrespective of ability.
WHEREVER YOU ARE
If you are not near to a Dawsons store, you can still have access to over 15,000 top brand products. Just call our mail order department or log onto the website. You will find all the same top name brands, unrivalled quality, value and choice. We understand that choosing a musical instrument is an important decision - a special occasion. That is why our team of accomplished musicians can help you make the right choice - in store, on our mail order lines or even through the website.
1 Queen Street
Horsham, West Sussex RH13 5AA
England
The Horsham Piano Centre was established in 1980
Central Arcade
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 5BP
England
JG Windows Ltd is one the UK's longest established
Harrogate Road
Beamsley Hill
Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6HZ
England
Main dealers for Kemble Pianos. Complete range
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,
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
18-06-2022 12:30PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
11-12-2021 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
08-01-2022 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
12-02-2022 01:00PM
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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