Our Hire Scheme is a good way to test whether the piano you have chosen is right for you or even whether it is something you would like at all.
It is particularly a good idea for parents with children just starting learning to play the piano, who don't know whether it will be a long term interest or just a phase.
It gives you the option to hire a piano for 6 months to see whether you or your children are interested without the burden of having to buy a piano outright.
If you decide to keep the piano after 6 months, then 85% of your rental charge (less delivery) will be refunded against the purchase price of the instrument. You also have the option to upgrade if you are not happy with the current piano and want to upgrade; your rental charge can be offset against a better piano.
Alternatively you may decide that the piano is not for you or your children, in which case we will collect the piano at the end of the 6 months at no extra cost and you wont have bought a piano that wont be used!
See below for rental examples...
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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