If you've ever wondered if you should have your piano tuned to a Well Temperament this series of videos will open your ears!

Carl Radford, Pianist and Registered Piano Technician, plays a selections of music on a Steinway tuned to a Classical Well Temperament and then again on the same piano tuned to a Modern Equal Temperament. After the piece is played in both tunings he describes and compares the differences in more detail.

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An excerpt from Funérailles by Franz Liszt is played first on a piano that has been tuned to Classical Well Temperament and then played and compared to a piano that has been tuned to a Modern Equal Temperament. (To hear in high quality HD click on the gear and select 1080p.)

Below is a demonstration comparing the temperaments, also tuned by Carl Radford, RPT and played by Trevor Stephenson.

Nov 9, 2014

Zen and the Art of Dampp-Chaser Installation

I was tuning in a recording studio, when I received an email asking for a bid for the installation of humidity systems for all the 54 pianos in the music department at a major University during their Spring Break.

May 9, 2014

Classical vs Modern Tunings

If you've ever wondered if you should have your piano tuned to a Well Temperament this series of videos will open your ears!

May 8, 2013

Mike

That’s Mike. Overwhelmingly positive, and not about to hang around, even for a second, with anyone who isn’t. But Mike wasn’t always that way.

Aug 9, 2012

My Date with Oprah

“So, do you still want to be on the show?” he asked. “We need someone to play ‘As Time Goes by’ on the piano from ‘Casablanca’ this Tuesday. Do you think you can do that?”