Piano Removals in Oxford, Oxfordshire by Roberts Pianos
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We have been moving pianos since 1980 and offer a fully insured piano removal service, moving millions of pounds worth of pianos each year. Official Steinway piano movers. Competitive, reliable quotations given for local, national and international removals. We also have humidity controlled storage. Special storage rates for quality Steinway, Bosendorfer and Fazioli grand pianos.
Combined Removals, Inspection & Storage Service
If you have a high quality grand or upright piano, we offer a free evaluation, moving the instrument via our workshop and assessing it there. Please let us know the make of the piano and any problems you may have with it, and we will try to help. For an idea of the type of restoration work we do, please see the restoration page.
NB We have special long-term storage rates for fine quality grand pianos - please enquire.
Quotations for Removals & Storage
For an immediate removal/storage quotation please call
Our main removals depots are in Oxford and Southampton, so we regularly cover all places nearby such as Newbury, Portsmouth, Ba
Kingston upon Thames, London KT1
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Kensington, London SW5
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Camden, London NW3
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England
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Richmond upon Thames, London TW9
England
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Tuning Temperaments
How many piano tuning temperaments are there?
There are countless variations, but most fall within three major categories;
1. Meantone, which generally concentrated the dissonance into a few unusable intervals (often called "wolf" intervals), so that the others could be Just. These are often called "restrictive" tunings, since there are certain intervals that are not usable. Good intervals are really good, bad ones are really bad. The Meantone era was approx. 1400-1700
2. Well-Temperament, which gives more consonance to the most often used keys, and more dissonance to the lesser used ones. Though not equal, these tunings are "non-restrictive" because all intervals can be used. The intervals range from Just to barely acceptable. Well-temperament refers to a genre, not a specific tuning. The Well-Tempered era is approx. 1700-1880.
3. Equal Temperament, which spreads the dissonance equally among all intervals.
There is no difference in consonance or dissonance between any keys, thus, there are no good ones or bad ones. Equal temperament represents a complete average. Dates of its acceptance are debated, but there is ample evidence that it was widely available by 1900 and is the predominate tuning on keyboards, today.
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