Ed, Earlier this month Marshall hosted the West Virginia Music Educators Assoc. Convention, a state wide gig. Featured in several of the events were programs by David Breitman, who brought his McNulty fortepiano. Also on hand was one of our faculty members Phillip Belt instrument, a copy of a Walther. Both instruments were tuned in the Lehman/Bach. Comments were copious and positive. I'm using this tuning as the default tuning in several practice rooms. No one has super glued my door closed yet...;-) Regards, Paul Dempsey RPT Greetings, Well, I tried it. The tuning scheme that Mr. Lehman extrapolated from the inscription on Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier". The customer was astonished at the effect. This is a customer that had been using a later well-temperament, and he felt that the Bach tuning was a large improvement. He plays a lot of Chopin, as well as Beethoven, Haydn, and Bach. It seems that Bach knew what he was doing( does that surprise anyone?). I would encourage tuners to try it and have a listen, this thing has some serious claim to authenticity and fits well with virtually all the music I have heard played on it, jazz and 20th century standard stuff, too. Regards, Ed Foote RPT Paul E. Dempsey, RPT Piano Technician Sr. Marshall University Huntington, WV 304-696-5418 304-617-1149
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