[CAUT] Harpsichord transposing keyboard/ WT

[Fred Sturm]

Yep, retune. Better it should be ET than a piquant WT transposed a  
half step. You're making all the key color relationships opposite. Or  
use a less colorful WT than Werck, on the assumption that the use for  
one day at the different pitch isn't all that critical.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Jul 18, 2008, at 5:43 PM, Jim Busby wrote:

> List,
>
> If you tune a WT, which has a certain characteristic for each key,  
> then someone wants to shift the keyboard to play at A415, should you  
> retune it to maintain the key characteristics? IOW If the key of C  
> as a tonality is fairly clean but C# has a lot more movement, by  
> shifting the keyboard to A425 I’ve essentially changed the essence  
> of the perceived key qualities. Should I retune?
>
> I’m using Werkmeister III and one day the keyboard will be in A440  
> then the next A415, then back. Or… should I not worry about it?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Busby BYU

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