
The Music Cellar is a well-established company, having been founded in 1975. Over the years we feel we have put the needs of our customers first and developed the business accordingly.
The partners are all involved in the day - to - day running of the business. We are therefore able to offer friendly, fair, personal service. We are able to make important decisions immediately to ensure you get from us what you want, when you want it.We hold all Main Agencies with all the Main Suppliers. As keen musicians ourselves, we carefully select all stock and are confident with all the products and services we provide. We are constantly researching the market, travelling all over the world, to check new designs and ideas.
From our wealth of experience and knowledge in many differing fields of music, we are always available to help our customers with whatever they may require.
As a well established and important part of the British Music Industry, we not only offer excellent personal advice and service, but have the buying power to ensure that our prices are extremely competitive. Remember though, you could spend less money elsewhere, but still pay a higher price.
We have developed a strong link with education authorities, schools and music teachers. We pride ourselves in being aware of the many complicated issues and opinions that dominate musical education in Britain today.
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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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