
Reidys home of Music was established in 1922 and is still a family run business today.
We've been providing the surrounding community with top quality music and instruments at excellent prices for over 88 years, and with expertise and advice that you would be hard pressed to find anywhere else. We'll always do our best to help!
We've been selling Keyboards, Pianos, Amps, Guitars and more over the internet since 2001, to thousands of customers throughout the country, and we've had to get a huge new warehouse to keep up with demand!
Unit 2, Dogford Rd
Royton
Royton, Greater Manchester OL26UA
England
We are UK's largest stockist of fully
Houldsworth Business & Arts Centre
Houldsworth Street
Stockport, Cheshire SK56DA
England
Piano House Ltd have been based in the Greater
34 Wellhead Terrace
Ashington, Northumberland NE638PA
England
With a fine selection of only the best new pianos
Lenton Boulevard
Nottinghamshire NG7 2BY
England
Over many years, we have carefully selected what
Russell House
Grove Hill Road
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1RZ
England
Covering Kent, Sussex and Surrey from stores in
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
18-06-2022 12:30PM
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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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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