Peter Norris Music has now been trading for 20 years, making it the longest established music shop on the Isle of Man. Our showroom has electric guitars and basses, amps, brass, woodwind, strings and sheet music. We also have a showroom for pianos, keyboards, P.A. and acoustic guitars. In the back of the shop is a drum room, teaching studios and our repair workshops.
There is parking at the front of the premises, and a multi storey car park opposite.
Mon | 10am | 5.30pm |
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5 Leopold Road
Willesden, London NW10 9LN
England
Pianos of London was founded in 1975 by
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We supply all styles of Acoustic Piano, from
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Baptist Church
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New and used sales,short and long term hire with
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At the Piano Gallery, we stock a wide range of new
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
18-06-2022 01:30PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
11-12-2021 02:00PM
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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