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Gough & Davy

Gough & Davy










Gough & Davy was established as a Piano retailer in 1860 and soon became a market leader in providing the latest musical instruments and music at the time.

The business flourished all through the Victorian era and on into the 20th. century. During the next hundred years the name Gough & Davy became synonymous with music lovers, not only in Hull but the whole country.

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  • Under the City Hall
    13 Paragon Street
    Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU1 3NA
    England
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Featured Listings

  • Dawsons Music Ltd (Chester)

    30 Pepper Street
    Chester, Cheshire CH1 1DF
    England

    We supply all styles of Acoustic Piano, from

  • Shackell Pianos Ltd

    Thatched Cottage
    Lew
    Witney, Oxfordshire OX182AZ
    England

    Shackell Pianos have been buying and selling

  • Yorkshire Pianos

    Harrogate Road
    Beamsley Hill
    Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6HZ
    England

    Main dealers for Kemble Pianos. Complete range

  • Donner musical instrument UK online store

    C/O Unit 4 Pantheon Park, Wednesfield way
    Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV11 3DS
    England

    Donner is a musical instrument online store.

  • C. Bechstein Centre Manchester Ltd

    7 - 9 Tib Street
    Manchester
    Manchester, Greater Manchester M4 1AD
    England

    C. Bechstein's Northern Flagship piano showroom




Did You Know Piano Facts



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. r.