At 02:06 AM 8/28/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >An interesting note, when talking with the Borromeo's 'first fiddle' > >afterwards; > >I asked him what it was about the temperament he liked. He couldn't put his > >finger > >on it exactly but that when he visited my shop and could compare > >side-by-side the > >Moore WT and ET, the WT was favored. And that as far as he was concerned, it > >is more important for the piano to be in tune than actual temperament. But > >for me > >the overall sound was rounder and fuller with the WT tuning. > > > >In fact, this final week of the Cape & Islands Chamber Music Festival was > >recorded by WGBH. > >So each venue had a different piano tuned in WT. Works included composers: > >Mozart, Arensky, Strauss, Chausson, Shubert, Mussorgsky, Schumann, Kriesler. > >Wow. What a great job you have.......I'd deeply love to hear your WT >pianos. Is there or will there be a CD available? > >Best, David A. I'm not certain about a CD but I'm told that some of the pieces will be aired on NPR. There is a CD of last year's highlights but they were all tuned in ET. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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