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31 Wyre Crescent
Darwen, Lancashire BB30JG
England
I recondition, repair, and tune pianos in the Lancashire area of England. I cover all of Lancashire
159 Blackburn Road
Darwen, Lancashire BB3 1ET
England
Learning to play the piano or keyboard with Darwen School of Music couldn’t be easier, we’ll guide you all the way, in no time at all you’ll be ...
90 Bedhampton Road
Havant, Hampshire PO9 3EZ
England
Bedhampton Pianoshop was established in 1988, and
152 - 160 Wardour Street
Soho, London W1F 8YA
England
For nearly two hundred years we have sold upright
St. Francis Hall
Baccabox Lane
Birmingham, West Midlands B47 5DD
England
Buying the right piano is often a difficult task,
Upton Cottage
Plantation Farm
Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 8BZ
England
Steinway restorations and retailers of pre loved
184 St. Ann's Road
Haringey, London N15 5RP
England
J. Reids supply new and fully restored pianos from
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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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