HT help

[Richard Moody]

The truest form of HT is tuned aurally according to the original
instructions on a historical instrument.  Today we are content to
hear them on modern pianos tuned by machines with "corrected"
offsets which in too many cases bear little resemblance to
original
specifications or intent.

    Jousse is  given in the New Groves article "Temperament"
(bibliography) as

    J. Jousse: "An Essay on Temperament" (London, 1832)

Although the name looks French, one would assume it is in English
being published in London.

I cannot find it in the Library of Congress on line catalog.  If
this is in a College library I will pay dearly for a lead to it.
(like a pitch raise in a practice room?)

How did the professor first come to select a "Jousse" ?    How had
the previous tuner tuned it?       ---rm


----- Original Message -----
From: <Wimblees@aol.com>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:36 AM
Subject: HT help


> A visiting professor had me tune a Boston 193 (6'4") to a Jousse
temperament.
> He wasn't totally happy with it. He then had me tune the same
temperament,
> but with slight variations, according to how he liked it on a
Yamaha C7. It
> still didn't sound exactly like he wanted it.
>
> Does tuning a temperament on one piano sound different if it is
tuned on
> another piano? How can I make the adjustment? (I used the SAT
III HT
> settings).
>
> Wim
>