[CAUT] temperament

[David Ilvedson]

Certainly on harpsichords but you have to be quick... '-]

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Laurence Libin" <lelibin at optonline.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 4/22/2010 10:59:19 AM
Subject: [CAUT] temperament


>Would anyone care to speculate on what influence the rise of piano tuning as a 
>separate profession might have had on temperament issues? Over time, might the 
>profession have moved in the direction of homogenizing or standardizing tunings 
>more than had been the case earlier? If so, could this suggest that ET might have 
>become prevalent first in urban areas, where most tuners worked, and slower to 
>catch on in the provinces? 

>Are there any studies of whether temperaments are easier to distinguish on 
>harpsichords than on pianos, and on fortepianos compared to modern grands? 

>Laurence
>