[pianotech] Stealth temperaments

[Bill Fritz]

As the old cereal commercial said "Try it, you'll like it!".

I have a piano teacher who has 2 grands side by side.  As an experiment & for her students' education, we tuned one at ET and the other the Vallotti-Young.  (I use an ETD, so that would eliminate any "prejudice" on my part.)  http://www.rollingball.com/images/HT5.htm  http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/scale_vallotti_young.html  http://www.kylegann.com/histune.html

After 3 months, about half of her students liked the V-Y temperament better.  They claimed it was easier to play their pieces (Mozart, Chopin, etc) on the V-Y piano.  There was even a comment that the runs were easier.  (The other half didn't seem to care either way.  No one hated the V-Y.)

Our next experiment will be when there's a Music Teachers' meeting at this lady's house... and we'll tune the differences again, and have them play their favorite pieces.

It's fun to experiment...   Bill Fritz, StLouis




From:
Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>

To:
pianotech at ptg.org

Subject:
Re: [pianotech] Stealth temperaments

Date:
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:24:05 -0500


On 4/29/2012 9:31 PM, Ron Koval wrote: 
> Well fer sure, I don't think I ever wrote that I tuned at that 
> resolution. 

Nope, you didn't, or even hint it. 

>It just makes sense to set the target 
> up at a specific location based on the math - there's gonna be some +/- 
> going on in the real world... 

Obviously, and also obviously in varied perceptions of where the real world starts. While I'm not an alternate temperamenter, I appreciate someone like you and Jason who care enough about your interests to explore them and report your findings for others of like interest. 

Good job, 
Ron N 
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