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We are one of the largest retailers of both new and secondhand pianos in the UK, with showrooms in Kentish Town, North West London and Surbiton, Surrey. We are a main dealer of Yamaha, Steinmayer, Weber, Kemble and Gors & Kallmann pianos.
We are dedicated piano specialists covering everything from sales and rentals, to restoration, repairs and tuning. Our technicians are experienced in all aspects of piano maintenance, restoration and tuning.
We pride ourselves on being able to offer the best deals to our customers due to our size and ability to get the best prices from suppliers. We also aim to offer the very best level of service and aftercare once your piano has been installed in your home.
We are fully geared to offer the most comprehensive nationwide delivery, and aftersales service, with our specialist moving teams and network of tuner technicians across the UK.
We have been selling pianos since 1975 that is over 36 years of succesful business!
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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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