This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I too would jump at the opportunity to purchase the CD. Please encourage = the post! Thanks. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Cc: rbrown@chorus.net=20 Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 7:26 PM Subject: Live Concert on CD-Chopin in 1/7 C Meantone List,=20 This Friday night, Timothy Farley RPT of Madison, WI will host the = Czech=20 Republic concert pianist, Radislov Kvapil in a CD release concert = event. The=20 CD being released is of his last performance at Farley's in February = 2000. =20 He played an all Chopin concert on a Steinway tuned in 1/7 Comma = Meantone. =20 The choice of temperament is notable because it has been used in the = past and=20 was the subject of very harsh criticism from a few technicians.=20 Mr. Farley, however, uses it routinely and it his personal answer to = Equal=20 Temperament (ET) as a standard and usual choice of temperament for the = modern=20 piano. He also designed a variation for the temperament by making one = of the=20 5ths pure instead of tempered. This mitigates all of the intervals,=20 including the Wolf 5th in the harshest part of the temperament by 2 = cents. =20 Many people believe that Chopin can only be played correctly in ET or = at=20 least a very mild Well Temperament or Quasi Equal Temperament.=20 The concert Friday will repotedly include some Chopin but as usual, = Kvopil=20 will play a mix of all 19th Century Romantic composers, some being = from his=20 homeland, including Smetana. My own impression has been that the = strong and=20 distinct colors of the 1/7 Comma Meantone enhance the moods of the = music=20 greatly, especially in the Wolf key.=20 Please let me know if you are interested in getting this CD. If there = is=20 enough interest, I'll encourage Farley's staff to make a post on = Pianotech=20 that will link to ordering information.=20 Bill Bremmer RPT=20 Madison, Wisconsin=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7c/df/73/57/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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