On Sep 18, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Donald McKechnie wrote: > All, > > Our harpsichord professor and students will be performing the > Goldberg Variations on our harpsichords next month. She wants a well > temperament that works for the Goldbergs. I have been tuning the > Bach/Lehman but she does not particularly like it this work. There > is some time to experiment with various temperaments but I though it > might be helpful to query this list for some suggestions? > > Thanks! > Don An interesting resource: http://www.polettipiano.com/Pages/pag1engpaul.html This is a translation of Werckmeister's tuning instructions - practical rather than theoretical - from his treatise on continuo playing, 1698 (Bach was 13). A very interesting document, and probably as revealing as any concerning how Germans were tuning at the time. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu
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