Hi!
The organ at Villefranche sur Mer is described as having a Pythagorean temperament
http://www.orgues-cabourdin.fr/orgues-cabourdin.fr/Villefranche.html
but when I went through the keys they had a significantly familiar character to the nature of the temperaments I'm used to . . .
I made a few quick jottings:
A rough and ready look at the tuning gave
CF pure
CG pure
GD fast beat
DA pure
F#B pure
F#C# pure
AbEb 60 per min
BE 90 per min
Perfect 3rds or near:
FA
EG#
GB
BbD
CE
This is what it sounded like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwoglLif3ps
Best wishes
David P
Hi,
I just wondered if there was a standard set of chords that would be used to check the Temperament ?
I ask as I think there is a piece of music used to check the Temperament on Harpsichords in the book by Jean Dennis
[ Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning By Jean Denis ]
this seems now to be available to view online ?
http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511627286&cid=CBO9780511627286A026&p=22
pleased that you are giving people the chance to hear Pipe Organs that they might not be able to otherwise hear.
regards Peter B