Matthew James Richards ATCL, LTCL, MABPT, PTA - is a certified Piano Tuner Technician and offers services to clients covering all areas of Wolverhampton and the West Midlands. A certified member of the PTA and ABPT the leading associations of Piano tuners in the UK. He is DBS certified (formerly CRB) - Disclosure and Barring Service - suitable for schools, care homes etc.
Matthew performs a high quality standard of service throughout his work, tuning pianos for private homes, schools, churchws, oncerts, theatres, recording studios and more. He is a professional pianist (ATCL and LTCL Diplomas for the Trinity college of London) and has an extensive knowledge of the instrument.
Matthew also specialises in Nostalgia entertainment, and has played background music for the Mayor of Hereford, also for special evebts (such as Valentines Day, mother's Day etc) at local restaurants. He has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall in front of the queen for her 92nd birthday.
Mr M J Richards provides the following services:
• Tuning in Homes, Schools, Churches, Theatres and Concerts Venues
• Minor on site repairs
• Replacement broken strings
• Advice on purchasing a new or second-hand piano
• Piano Life Saver Installer
Disclosure and Barring Service: Yes
Hours
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
08-01-2022 02:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
12-02-2022 02:00PM
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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