Mr. N. Troth was born in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia ( Zambia ), in 1953 I went to school in South Africa until 1969, when I came to Britain with my parents who both came originally from Birmingham.
In 1976, I started training as a piano tuner/technician at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford. Whilst attending the College, I came third in a national piano tuning competition with the result that when I qualified with Honours in June of 1980, I was offered a contract with Sandwell Education to service the pianos in 90 of their schools.
Nick has been vetted by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and therefore approved to work in situations with vulnerable adults and children. (Previously known as CRB checks).
Mr.E. N. Troth provides the following services:
• Tuning in Homes, Schools, Theatres and Concerts Venues.
• Voicing
• Minor on site repairs
• Full reconditioning service
• Replacement broken strings
• Supply and fit new castors
• Advice on purchasing a new or second-hand piano
• Valuation
• Piano Sales
• Piano Life Saver Installer
• Piano removals
Mr.E. N. Troth has been vetted by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and approved to work in situations with vulnerable adults or children
Some of the clients I have tuned for at the
The National Exhibition Centre.
* Iggi Pop
* U2
* Shack Attack
* Russ Conway
* Chaz and Dave
* B B King
* Peter Green
* Elton John
* Lionel Richie
* Shirley Bassey
* Chris de Berg
* Michel Crawford
* Ocean Colour Scene
* Elkie Brooks
* The London Philharmonic
* D'orly Carte
Hours
Music Festival for performers and guests Our 10th
18-06-2022 12:30PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
11-12-2021 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
08-01-2022 01:00PM
The Morecambe Bay Piano Group was set up to extend
12-02-2022 01:00PM
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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