HT Experience

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Clyde,
              I don't think so,  this was an academic exercise for myself
and the teachers.  However the teachers stayed around the pianos for a long
time after the lecture, and the short comings of F sharp and B flat were
also noted.
The contrast from major to minor in the opening of the Beethoven in HT, was
much more dramatic.
What are the standards in making music, I'm not sure there is an answer.
I chose the Volatti/Young because of the date 1799, kind of around
Beethoven's productive period.
Ed used a Coleman temperament in his class, less dramatic to my ears. I
used the same piece to try and get a frame of reference.  But Arlington was
a long way back.
I had so many teachers comment that the temperament gave them a different
insight to the music.
The grands entered the equasion, CF111, HT, SD10 ET. The pianist made a
comment that she prefered the Yamaha for the first movement and the Baldwin
for the second. I'm still trying to figure that one.
Since I was talking about piano maintenance and tonal qualities, this
excercise was the frosting on the cake to get them thinking of many
possibilities, and relate it back to the music.
Never thought that I would be talking about HT's. But as proffessionals we
have to try to broaden our horizons.
Regards roger



At 07:34 AM 19/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Roger,
>
>HTs have gotten a lot of discussion the last couple years.  So are we on the
>edge of abandoning ET as the "normal standard" in favor of something else
like
>the Valotti Young you mentioned?
>
>Regards,
>Clyde
>
>Roger Jolly wrote:
>
>> Greetings all,
>>                     Today I had a great experience, I was invited to speak
>> at our local registered teacher's monthly meeting.
>>
>> The title of the talk.  Talking to your technician to get the most from
>> your piano.
>>
>> How they could check their own piano for regulation and voicing.
>>
>> Since I had a cooperative teacher, I thought I'd try my hand at HT for a
>> closer.
>>
>> The teachers were warned with a smile that they had to take an ear training
>> 101 exam as the conclusion to my chat.
>>
>> Since we had been talking about what was tuning and what was voicing, they
>> had to identify which piano was in tune.
>>
>> Two concert grands, one tuned in ET, the other in Volatti Young
>> The piece, the first two movements of Beethoven's Pathetique.
>>
>> The Volatti Young won the vast majority of votes. Surprised the heck out of
>> me.
>>
>> The surprise in the room was some thing to experience when I ran major
>> triad progressions through out the temperament on each piano.
>>
>> I was admonished for asking trick questions.  Both were in tune, just
>> different.  <G>
>>
>> The down side, I've been asked back, to do a three piano comparison. Mean
>> tone, HT and ET
>> Any suggestions on piece selection, I'm looking to show the widest
contrast.
>>
>> Thank's to Ed Foote for pointing me in this direction, and giving me enough
>> guts to try it.
>> Such a great class in Arlington Ed.
>>
>> Regards Roger
>>
>>
>> Roger Jolly
>> Saskatoon, Canada.
>> 306-665-0213
>> Fax 652-0505
> 
Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505