J P Holmes Piano Tuning

Piano tuner serving Bushey, Herts, London and beyond. I offer tuning in unequal temperament for a more resonant and musical result. Also tune pipe organs.

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No prizes for guessing why there was a recurring cipher on this #pipeorgan

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@simonprobert Number 1. Works every time.

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@boulezian You were supposed to jam your knees up against it so they couldn’t.

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@houghhough @CincySymphony Whenever I see signs like this I always make effort to touch the object in question as much as I can.

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@ErnstHa04715941 It would be great if we could return the use of unequal temperament to the mainstream, it can work so well on the modern piano.

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@NetworkRailEUS can we have the old departure boards back? The new ones are so confusing to read and in a terrible position. The old ones were 1000% better. Please remove the new ones as a matter of urgency.

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@OrganMusic2 Very high quality as good as a Bechstein.

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Wonderful old tall Challen #uprightpiano #pianotuner #bushey #watford #piano #pianotuning

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@Elaine_Lawyer Heard JSW play recently at Westminster Cathedral and it was superb. One of our most talented and learned musicians.

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@mlcfrench 🤷🏼

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@mlcfrench It can only be a question of an overall pitch change in equal temperament. There is no colour. The great thing about hymns in unequal is the singers find it easier to pitch the notes in purer keys.

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@AugustFresnel @its_adamneely I think it would be great if pop musicians could try out other temperaments. It would enhance their music rather than detract.

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@FStopClick37 @richardmelko @tedgioia No, an orchestra playing in equal temperament will be out of tune because ET is detuning. It would be better if fixed pitched instruments could be tuned in unequal temperament, this makes life easier for orchestras and string players in particular.

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@TheHive_Mind @mitt6 It doesn’t take decades. If it takes decades for someone to learn how to tune a piano they probably don’t have the aptitude.

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@Klingsortas @adsquires @pjie2 @anon_opin Thankfully it is still possible to tune the modern piano in an unequal temperament. Since it can also be done so that all keys are usable it begs the question why do people still obsess over equal?

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@ener_jazzer @InfusdIce @ThreatNotation Right ok.

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@ener_jazzer @InfusdIce @ThreatNotation Pure means beatless or almost beatless. Nothing new age about standard tuning terminology. A so-called wolf interval is present in meantone but not well temperaments such as Kellner.

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@AlexaCoghlan Name and shame them.

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@ener_jazzer @InfusdIce @ThreatNotation Pure thirds are rarely described as unpleasant. I’m skeptical that digital pianos have the polyphony and processing power to duplicate all the sympathetic and driven vibrations like a real piano does, for a start it doesn’t have a soundboard which is a major handicap.

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Excellent book recommended for musicians and instrument makers #unequaltemperament #tuning #music #piano

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@AlirezaAkhondi Tell them to stick their letter where the sun doesn’t shine!