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87 St Clements Street
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 1AR
England
We have been moving pianos since 1980 and offer a fully insured piano removal service, moving millions of pounds worth of pianos each year. Official ...
43 Botley Road
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 OBN
England
We are specialists retailer of traditional pianos - particularly the better-known makes/models built between the 1890s and 1940s. Based in Oxford, our...
87, St. Clements St
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 1AR
England
We stock over 100 top quality new, modern and traditional grand,
baby grand and upright pianos.
OUR HISTORY
The Roberts family ...
Headingtom
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 7DN
England
Friendly, experienced and qualified.
Member of European Piano Teachers Association.
All ages and levels.
Also tuition in Theory of Music and ...
Lambeth, London SW9
England
Lambeth, South West London, Piano Moving and
Islington, London N5
England
AMH Pianos Offers piano moving and piano disposal
Merton, London SW19
England
Merton piano removals and piano disposal. sw19,
3a Red Brae Drumalig Road
Temple
Antrim, County Antrim Bt27 6UD
Northern Ireland
Specialising in top quality mint condition used
131 Moneynick Road
Randalstown, County Antrim BT41 3HU
Northern Ireland
We Keep a wide range of upright and grand pianos
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
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The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
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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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