Hi Greg, I'd look at the milder Well temperaments, the so-called "Victorian" temperaments. Moore, Wendell, Bremmer, Coleman 11, Jorgensen-to-taste 10beats. I have a Knabe upright from 1895 in the shop which, when complete, will get one of these. hope that helps, Mike Spalding, RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Casper <gcasper@pacbell.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:49 AM Subject: Suggestions for a Victorian Temperment > I am soliciting suggestions for an appropriate temperment to use on a 1896 > Victorian Upright, 47" G. Challenger & Co. piano. I am restringing the bass > strings at the customer's request, and will be repairing a few broken > trebles, and the hammers are being reconditioned, but I'm really interested > in giving this customer a tuning that will work on this old piano. I'm going > to be tuning it at A=435 if that has any influence on your advice. This is a > beautiful little piano, with a genuine "honky-tonk" sound and I'd like to > make this customer very happy. He's a very casual player and not an artist > by any means, so maybe a WT or something similar will sound a bit sweeter to > him. > > Thanks in advance for the suggestions. > > Greg Casper > San Jose, CA > > >
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