Hi, New to the group and have been enjoying reading postings. I just tried the following Temperament setting on my own piano and have to say... very nice. It does give a sweet rich sound in the triads. Lately I have been trying different types of tunings, one of them Lucas Mason "5ths system" however, I have to say find the following 1840 Tuner's Guide Temperament #1 favorable... at least for my own subjective taste. Oh well... just had to share my gratification. Chas Fowler > This may be of some use. > The following is the 1840 Tuner's Guide Temperament #1 (® Owen > Jorgensen > 1991). It provides a conservative digression between sweet thirds > and some > with "energy". There are no checks, you will develop a sense of > tonal > comparison after you do it and listen a little. > > 1. fork = C5 > 2. C5 - C4 Just > 3. C4 - G4 temper narrow to approx 1.3 bps > 4 G4 - G3 Just > 5. G3 - D4 narrow 1.3 bps > 6. D4 - A4 narrow 1.3 > 7 A4 - A3 just > 8. A3 - E4 narrow 1.3 > > Trial chord here is C4-E4-G4-C5 and it should sound beautiful. The > C-E will > be beating about half normal speed . > > 9. E4 - B4 narrow by .7 BPS, this is a nicer fifth than > those > previous! > 10 B4 - B3 Just > 11. B3 - F#4 narrow by .7 BPS > 12 F#4 - F#3 just > 13. F#3 - C#4 narrow by .7 BPS > 14. C#4 - G#4 Just > 15. G#4 - G#3 Just > 16. C5 - F4 narrow by 1.3 bps > 17. F4 - Bb3 narrow by 1.3 bps > 18. Bb3 - Bb4 Just > 19. Tune Eb4 to make two identical fifths between Bb-Eb and > Ab-Eb. These > fifths should be pure, but can stand a little temperament. > > This tuning provides a varied set of consonances, in the > thirds, that > follow the amount of key signature. If you modulate by fourths, from > C, tonic > thirds should increase in size until you reach F#, at which point it > will > begin heading back toward "home". The art is in getting a smooth > progression, with no reversals on the way out or in. > > >
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