Historical Piano Tunings

Farley's House of Pianos offers many historical tuning options for your piano. Learn more about these historical piano tunings through the files below.

Syntonic Comma Temperaments

• 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8 Syntonic Comma Temperaments

• One Seventh Comma Modified Meantone as an All-Around Tuning System

• Listen to Tim Farley describe how to tune to 1/7 Comma Meantone (starting from D above middle C)

Marpurg I Temperament

• General information

Ask Tim Farley About Historical Tunings

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