How Eighteenth Century Piano Tuners Heard Major 3rds | 18th Century Aesthetics

Eben Goresko presents a Temperament Recital at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2000 where he demonstrates the usefulness and artfulness of tuning modern pianos in historic intonations to augment performances of Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Schubert, Bach, Mozart and other so called "equal temperament" composers.

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[dikkeleowassenaar]

the 80's :)

[kly45]

@freeqwerqwer Ironically, you've just described your own comment.

[kylemichaelbecker]

great demonstration!



[Dolloozze]

@freeqwerqwer Have to disagree. he explains very clearly some of the qualities of the different tunings

[maestr016]

@freeqwerqwer I absolutely agree. It almost seems as if he just learned this yesterday. Very unorganized and horrible explanation.

[UMIAHS]

@freeqwerqwer UR GAY

[freeqwerqwer]

poor presentation. Terrible explanation.

[gerardbedecarter]

Most interesting!

[MusicMan20061210]

This is excellent. It fills in some white areas on my musical map. Thanks!