what is the best temperament?

maria.arnelof@spray.se maria.arnelof@spray.se
Tue, 12 Dec 2000 14:21:14


Hi Martin!

I frowned alittle when I saw your mail 
with the question if one can tip you 
on how to tune better etc. From the 
things you wrote on how far you have 
come in tuning pianos I can only give 
you the best and only (in my view as 
a professional tuner) tip there is in 
your case: Go to school and learn 
from the begining how to tune. There 
is NO way to just read a little here 
and there or some sort of book on 
how to tune cos it is simply more 
complicated than that. I dont say this 
cos I want to "run you down" but cos I 
know that there is no shortcut to 
become a pianotuner. It took me 2 
years in school with alot of practical 
work to understand and handle a 
pianos tuning and also feel that I had 
control over the piano. After that it 
takes even more years until you can 
consider yourself a good tuner.  You 
have to understand the underlying 
factors in a temprament. There is no 
1 way temprament/beats etc. The 
intervals differ from octave to octave 
and you also have to be aware how 
you check on your tuning after every 
interval. This is something you have 
to practice over and over and I 
wouldnt recomend it without a 
teacher. If you dont study in this 
manner you will loose more than 
gain and end up frustrated since you 
will understand after all that reading 
in a book you wont know enough to 
tune a single piano/grand even if you 
put the standard very low at first.

I wish you good luck and hope you try 
to get a teacher firstly.

Best wishes,
Maria

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