HT Experience

[Farrell]

Expect much favorable comments! I have tuned my home piano to Valotti for
about six months now. A couple months ago I went back to ET and my wife
SCREAMED! I very quickly put Valotti back on and she was happy. I tuned one
of my son's piano teacher's pianos with Valotti and she said the piano never
sounded so good!

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: HT Experience


> Ok boys and girls. I tuned my first HT today. The Young Villotti, on a
Yamaha LU
> series upright. Posted a note on the door that I would keep it like this
for some
> weeks forward and encouraged all students and teachers to experiment and
experience
> it.
>
> As for my own reactions. A couple things came to mind right away. First
this
> continuing discussion about the Reverse Well.  Ok... there are obviously
degrees
> involved here. Because I can tell you the Young Villotti was so very very
obviously
> not an ET tuning that you would have to be completely useless as a tuner
if you
> could not notice the difference after playing this for a bit... if not
like within
> a few seconds really. With this in mind I would suspect that the Reverse
Well
> disscussion is somewhat an over driven point, curious enough in its own
right.. but
> I cant imagine this phenomena resulting in a tuning that is so removed
from ET as
> what I tuned today was. Either that or something is very seriously wrong
indeed
> with how we decide what comprises a tuning that is good enough to pass the
RPT
> test, and frankly I doubt things could get that out of hand.
>
> I must say tho I liked very much the resulting tuning. It was very
different, and
> certain chords, intervals, keys.. etc etc.. were of course too discordant
to be at
> all pleasing. Yet those that were, were indeed beautiful to listen to in a
> completly un-accustomed to manner. It is easy indeed to imagine a composer
with
> these tonal parameters at hand utilizing the different kinds of effects
different
> beat rates create for what in ET are essentially the same intervals,,
chords...
> what have you. In ET a major third is indeed a major third in a sense that
simply
> is not the case in the Young Villotti. Some of these "major thirds" indeed
approach
> distances that would require another lable.. as in diminished fourth.. or
perhaps
> even an augmented minor third if you get my meaning.
>
> The piano itself reacted well to this temperament in the sense that I got
no
> feeling at all that this modern instrument was unsuitable in any fashion
whatsoever
> to being tuned in this fashion... quite the opposite really. It sounded
quite nice
> indeed.
>
> I will keep you all posted as to the responses I get from the different
students
> and teachers as the next few days and weeks pass. This is an interesting
adventure,
> one that I can recommend to one and all.
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
>
> PS... The tuning was accomplished by use of the RCT historic tuning
library. I
> followed along with the recipie given in Owens book. Wanted to do it this
way the
> first couple times to get a feel for how it basically should sound. Will
let my ear
> take over when I feel comfortable enough with the aural temperament
routine.
>
>
>