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As pioneers in the field of piano hire in the 1960's, Marksons have developed a wide and extensive hire fleet, ranging from the smallest six octave piano to Concert Grands.
Naturally one of the greatest advantages to hiring is havng the opportunity to "Try Before you Buy" thereby giving you the opportunity of getting used to the feel, sound, aesthetics before spending an appreciable amount of money on a capital purchase such as a piano. With our Hire with Option to Purchase Plan means that once you have decided to buy a piano a proportion of the hire fees you have paid will be deducted from the original purchase price specified at the time of commencing hire. The hire fee refund proportion is transferrable onto ANY piano you buy from us, but purchasing the piano you hire means you have been protected from any price increases which may have occurred.
Do please feel free to call me on 020 7935 8682 if you have any further queries.
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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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