Piano Practice Rooms in Central London
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Peregrine's Pianos offers three music rooms to accommodate from one to fifty people. The rooms, all sound insulated and air controlled, are amongst the quietest, best-equipped and most comfortable in London. They include modern, high quality pianos by Schimmel and August Forster, all of which are regularly tuned and maintained. Access to the rooms, and to the waiting/reception area, is through the ground floor piano showroom.
The rooms are carpeted and fully equipped with comfortable seating, mirrors and music stands. Customers are welcome to bring in their own video and recording equipment as required, and additional tables, stands and equipment can be supplied. Unfortunately, we cannot allow food or drinks (other than water) into the music rooms, room hire rates are at bookings and room sizes given below are approximate.
Room 1 - 13' x 8' (10sq m). Schimmel Konzert K132 upright piano. (£15 per hour plus VAT) Lower ground floor, natural light. Ideal for individual rehearsal, teaching and warm-up facilities.
Room 2 - 21' x 17' (33sq m). Schimmel Konzert K189 grand piano. (£30 per hour plus VAT) Lower ground floor, natural light. Ideal for chamber music, meetings, examinations, photography and warm-up facilities.
Room 3 - 22' x 21' (42sq m). August Förster 215 grand piano. (£45 per hour plus VAT) First floor, large windows. Ideal for rehearsals (up to 20 musicians), seminars (up to 50 people), auditions, television filming, examinations, masterclasses, workshops, promotional events, meetings, teaching, audio recordings, private recitals and operatic rehearsal.
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18-06-2022 01:30PM
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The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
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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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