Voicing with tuning lever

[Horace Greeley]

Folks,

Sorry.

As Les said in another context,  (paraphrased)  "what does this mean?"

I question strongly whether or not pianos necessarily "sound better" in
well temperaments.

That they sound different is not in question.  That there clearly are times
when an un-equal temperament _may_ be preferable is not in question.  That
I have used such temperaments for years as a regular part of my work, I
will stipulate.

What is in question is the unsubstantiated valued judgment about this
necessarily being "better".

To be specific as to Arnold's question (and to give away, just in case
there was any question about my _own_ preferred tuning method):

	The two books by Owen Jorgenson are our most complete, authoritative,
	and comprehensible sources for the _aural_ tuning of various kinds of
	temperaments.

There are many other things written, but these are laid out in ways that
make them both accesible to the novice tuner (that's novice as to non-equal
tempermants, not necessarily just "novice") and valuable resources for
those of us who have gone a little deeper.

I am neither apologetic nor contrite.

Horace



>On 1997-03-09pianotech said to arnold1@mindspring.com
>   >Pianos sound better in well temperaments than they do in equal
>   >temperament.
>   >One can dismiss this as a question of 'personal taste', but it
>   >isn't, really.
>
>So, how do I tune a well temperament?  Tell me how to do it aurally, being
>that I can't use a SAT.  But if this temperament is used, aren't there some
>musical keys that sound really bad?  I thought that was the reason equal
>temperament evolved, to make all keys sound at least reasonable without
>having to retune the instrument.
>Arnold Schmidt, Raleigh, NC, arnold1@mindspring.com
>
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