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Rimmers Music (Edinburgh)

14 Elm Row
City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH7 4AA
Scotland

We have been Established for 30 years and have a vast knowledge of the Music Industry from purchasing, advising, performing, supporting, managing, ...

Allan Makin & Sons

4-5 Summer Place
City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 5NR
Scotland

We specialise in acoustic pianos and operate from our base in Edinburgh

Key Player

98 Canongate
The Royal Mile
City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 8DD
Scotland

For over 40 years we have been known as Edinburgh Organ Studio but in 2010 we decided to rebrand from Edinburgh Organ Studio to Key Player. Still run ...

Gabriel Polishing

16 North Leith Sands
City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 1JP
Scotland

Gabriel Polishing's services include; traditional French polishing, spray polishing and spray painting. We can do both traditional and POLYESTER ...

Key Player Piano Hire

14 Elm Row
City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH7 4AA
Scotland

Key Player, have a selection of piano and keyboard instruments for event hire including weddings, functions, concerts, Edinburgh festival performances...

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The Music Box

Stevenson College
Bankhead Avenue
City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH11 4DE
Scotland

The Music Box has a range of rehearsal spaces to help you practise and fine-tune your skills, whether you are being tutored or practising as an ...

Ken Ross

9 St Fillan's Terrace
Morningside
City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH10 5NH
Scotland

Piano teacher in Morningside, Edinburgh. Pupils of any age from 7 upwards. I teach the full Classical technique, with an emphasis on relaxation and a ...

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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.