7. Tuning Temperament The harp is regulated to play in all keys without re-tuning. The scale is equally tempered like that of a piano and is therefore slightly out of tune in all keys. When playing with other instruments if the harp is re-tuned to match chords of the untempered scale then the enharmonics (Eb-D, F-Gb etc.) will be of differing frequencies and the harp will be out of tune in keys other than that in which it was tuned. The opinion could be formed that the instrument has been ill-regulated which would not be the case. From: http://www.morleyharps.com/ Harp Mainenance Brian Lawson, RPT, MPT Johannesburg, South Africa ----- Original Message ----- From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM> To: <Pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 4:15 PM Subject: harp temp > With all this talk about ET in guitars, etc. are there any harp players out > there who can tell us what kind of temperament a harp tunes to? > > Willem
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