Based in the picturesque Mid-Wales countryside Stuart Jones Piano Sales is one of the UK’s largest piano dealers. Our extensive air-conditioned show rooms are fully stocked with most leading brands. We are main agents for Steinway and Sons, Boston, Essex, Yamaha, Kawai and many more. We have a selective choice of quality pianos to suit every budget.
Stuart understands that buying a piano is a big investment and it takes time to choose exactly the right one for you. Whatever your level of playing Stuart Jones (Concert Pianist/Composer/MPTA Tuner/ Technician) will be on hand to advise you and demonstrate the instruments if required. Everyone is warmly welcome and tea and coffee are provided - you will invariably stay longer than you thought you would!
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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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