We have four Italianate instruments That all sound very happy in
1/4-comma. The one actual Italian antique also sounds great , but it is
strung with P-wire . It is too foreshortened in the bass to be strung in
brass (it can be, but much better now.
It sounds like mysticism to say an Italian should be in meantone, but it
really sounds that way to me.
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Rodney Myrvaagnes
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On Sat, Jan 21, 2017, at 07:51, Andrew Bernard wrote:
> Hi Ibo,
>
> Thank you for correcting my ignorance about W III. My understanding of
> the
> history has been wrong.
>
> As to sound, de gustibus non est disputandum. I simply don't like it -
> just
> my feeling.
>
> I do like Lehmann very much. Again, a personal view.
>
> Interestingly we were renovating a brass strung Italian recently and had
> it
> tuned in various 18c tunings, and then decided to tune it in quarter
> comma
> meantone and the instrument palpably came alive. Really quite surprising,
> a
> very marked difference. I have been speculating whether this has
> something
> to do with harmonics of the brass alloy wire somehow being happier with
> the
> meantone intervals, but I am not sure that makes any sense. I am aware
> this
> experience sounds like complete nonsense from a total crank, but it was
> commented on by several listeners. That instrument just wanted to be in
> meantone, true to its origins, I guess!
>
> Andrew
>
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