Bill Bremmer Rpt

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My long term friend, Nick Mauel who is a piano dealer and technician in Florida but who grew up in Milwaukee, sent me these two You Tube video links today. He tuned a Kawai Grand in the EBVT, my tuning that I had developed since 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbmDfuW-2jY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46VnodESGSE

I had this to say about Nick's efforts:

Nick, you did a fabulous job of following the instructions! Not many technicians seem to be able to do that even though from my perspective they are quite simple and natural. To those who hear these videos, you may think that the piano does not sound any differently from what you might expect but in fact, it is. It is NOT in Equal Temperament! EBVT stands for Equally Beating Victorian Temperament. It is, from note to note, only very slightly different from the way it would be in Equal Temperament and a few notes are the same or only a tiny fraction different.

What is different is that each key signature-all 24 Major and minor keys- has its own distinct character yet the difference from one to the other is quite subtle I usually characterize it by saying, "You really know what key you are in when you are playing a piano tuned in the EBVT".Give the recording another listen and you will clearly hear when the pianist modulates from one key to another. You will especially notice the contrast of Key Color when the modulation is only a hald step. There is quite a distinct difference in character.

Kawai GX-6 tuned in EBVT

The 9 foot Model D Steinway Concert Grand Piano at the Janesville Performing Arts Center