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June 17, 2021
Video, Well Temperament
Carl Radford
A Conversation with Piano Technician Carl ...

Piano Technician and Pianist, Carl Radford, is interviewed about how he got into piano tuning, making videos on historical tunings, and Lucky the Wonder Piano.

A Conversation with Piano Technician Carl Radford
May 27, 2020
Well Temperament, Video
Carl Radford
Bach C Major Prelude in the Classical Tuning

Carl Radford describes the type of classical well tempered tuning used in this demonstration, and how it differs from the modern tuning, and then performs Bach’s C Major Prelude with the piano tuned in the classical tuning.

Bach C Major Prelude in the Classical Tuning
November 9, 2014
Articles, Dampp-Chaser, Piano Life Saver
Carl Radford
Zen and the Art of Dampp-Chaser Installation

I was tuning in a recording studio, when I received an email asking for a bid for the installation of humidity systems for all the 54 pianos in the music department at a major University during their Spring Break.

Zen and the Art of Dampp-Chaser Installation
May 8, 2013
Articles, Inspiration
Carl Radford
Mike

That’s Mike. Overwhelmingly positive, and not about to hang around, even for a second, with anyone who isn’t. But Mike wasn’t always that way.

Mike
Carl Radford
June 3, 2023
Video

Beethoven's Pathétique in a Classical Tuning

Carl Radford
June 3, 2023
Video
Beethoven's Pathétique in a Classical Tuning

Carl Radford, Registered Piano Technician and Pianist, plays the second movement of Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata, but not in the Modern tuning as is usually heard today, rather in a Classical Well Tempered tuning, similar to how Beethoven himself may have heard it.

Source: https://youtu.be/yC1gs84PMJ8

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Carl Radford
June 3, 2023
Video

How to Tune Thomas Young - The Temperament (Part 1)

Carl Radford
June 3, 2023
Video
How to Tune Thomas Young - The Temperament (Part 1)

Registered Piano Technician, Carl Radford, takes you through the steps of tuning the temperament and answers questions in this favorite classical well tempered tuning.

Source: https://youtu.be/WzlO54ifU_c

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Carl Radford
June 17, 2021
Video, Well Temperament

A Conversation with Piano Technician Carl Radford

Carl Radford
June 17, 2021
Video, Well Temperament
A Conversation with Piano Technician Carl Radford

Piano Technician and Pianist, Carl Radford, is interviewed about how he got into piano tuning, making videos on historical tunings, and Lucky the Wonder Piano.

Source: https://youtu.be/bI5KLdy9mvU

Tagged: Video, Comparison, Well Temperament, Meantone, Tuning, Historical Tuning, Steinway

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Carl Radford
April 22, 2021
Well Temperament, Video, Inspiration

Rachmaninoff in a Classical Well Tempered Tuning

Carl Radford
April 22, 2021
Well Temperament, Video, Inspiration
Rachmaninoff in a Classical Well Tempered Tuning

Carl Radford explains and plays Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G# Minor, but not in the Modern tuning as is usually heard today, rather in a Classical Well Tempered tuning.

Source: https://youtu.be/3EXmt07clDg

Tagged: Video, Historical Tuning, piano, Well Temperament

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Carl Radford
April 8, 2021
Well Temperament, Video

Moonlight Sonata in a Classical Well Tempered Tuning

Carl Radford
April 8, 2021
Well Temperament, Video
Moonlight Sonata in a Classical Well Tempered Tuning

Carl Radford plays the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, but not in the Modern tuning as is usually heard today, rather in a Classical Well Tempered tuning, similar to how Beethoven himself may have heard it.

Source: https://youtu.be/7BA-QuWfAck

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Carl Radford
February 26, 2021
Video

Tip #1 - Listening - 10 Tips for Playing in a Classical Tuning

Carl Radford
February 26, 2021
Video
Tip #1 - Listening - 10 Tips for Playing in a Classical Tuning

Should you play music in a Classical Well Tempered Tuning differently than you do in the Modern Equal Tempered Tuning? Carl Radford gives you the 1st of 10 tips on how to use the best of the tuning to bring out the best in the music. Tip #1: Listening

Source: https://youtu.be/oH7WFHM-2w0

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Carl Radford
February 1, 2021
Video

Brahms Gm Rhapsody - Classical vs Modern Tunings

Carl Radford
February 1, 2021
Video
Brahms Gm Rhapsody - Classical vs Modern Tunings

Carl Radford plays the Intermezzo in G minor by Johannes Brahms on a piano that has been tuned to a Classical Well Temperament, and then played and compared on the same piano, that has been tuned to a Modern Equal Temperament.

Source: https://youtu.be/LWGLkP1UN30

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Carl Radford
February 1, 2021
Video

Brahms Intermezzo in E Flat Major - Classical vs Modern Tunings -

Carl Radford
February 1, 2021
Video
Brahms Intermezzo in E Flat Major - Classical vs Modern Tunings -

Carl Radford plays the Intermezzo in Eb Major by Johannes Brahms on a piano that has been tuned to a Classical Well Temperament, and then played and compared on the same piano, that has been tuned to a Modern Equal Temperament.

Source: https://youtu.be/M1diKq-Avk0

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Carl Radford
February 1, 2021

Brahms Variation V in D minor - Classical vs Modern Tunings -

Carl Radford
February 1, 2021
Brahms Variation V in D minor - Classical vs Modern Tunings -

Carl Radford plays the 5th Variation in Db Major from "Variations on a Theme by Handel" by Johannes Brahms.

Source: https://youtu.be/ZgcjE06VLks

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Carl Radford
December 1, 2020
Performance, Video

Was Mozart Mean? Encore

Carl Radford
December 1, 2020
Performance, Video
Was Mozart Mean? Encore

Pianist and Piano Technician, Carl Radford, plays more excerpts from some of Mozart's piano sonatas in 1/6 Comma Meantone tuning as demonstrated in videos Was Mozart Mean? parts 1, 2 and 3.

Source: https://youtu.be/ahfIlce5j9Q

Tagged: Video, Meantone, Tuning, Historical Tuning

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Carl Radford
November 21, 2020
Performance, Video, Well Temperament

Was Mozart Mean? (Part 3)

Carl Radford
November 21, 2020
Performance, Video, Well Temperament
Was Mozart Mean? (Part 3)

In Part 3 we discuss how you might use this tuning, and compare excerpts from sonatas and see how they sound different when the G# is tuned as an Ab and vise versa.

Source: https://youtu.be/QXQFtpNA6Rk

Tagged: Well Temperament, Historical Tuning, piano, Video, Meantone

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Carl Radford
November 15, 2020
Inspiration, Performance, Video, Well Temperament

Was Mozart Mean? (Part 2)

Carl Radford
November 15, 2020
Inspiration, Performance, Video, Well Temperament

Did Mozart compose in the type of Well Tempered tuning that was popular during his day, or did he use an earlier type of tuning called Meantone? In Part 2 we...

Tagged: Video, Equal Temperament, Tuning, Historical Tuning, piano, Steinway, Well Temperament

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Carl Radford
November 10, 2020
Well Temperament, Video

Was Mozart Mean? (Part 1)

Carl Radford
November 10, 2020
Well Temperament, Video
Was Mozart Mean? (Part 1)

Did Mozart compose in the type of Well Tempered tuning that was popular during his day, or did he use an earlier type of tuning called Meantone?

Source: https://youtu.be/n91EwZHXUtc

Tagged: Well Temperament, Historical Tuning, piano, Comparison, Video

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Carl Radford
July 6, 2020
Well Temperament, Inspiration, Video

Fauré's Vocalise Performed on a Well Tempered Piano

Carl Radford
July 6, 2020
Well Temperament, Inspiration, Video
Fauré's Vocalise Performed on a Well Tempered Piano

Carl Radford performs his own arrangement for piano of the Vocalise Pavane by Gabriel Fauré in F# minor. The piano is tuned to the Thomas Young Classical Well Temperament.

Source: https://youtu.be/bWgC1q1B05Q

Tagged: Well Temperament, Video, piano, Historical Tuning, Steinway, Tuning

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Carl Radford
May 27, 2020
Well Temperament, Video

Bach C Major Prelude in the Classical Tuning

Carl Radford
May 27, 2020
Well Temperament, Video
Bach C Major Prelude in the Classical Tuning

Carl Radford describes the type of classical well tempered tuning used in this demonstration, and how it differs from the modern tuning, and then performs Bach’s C Major Prelude with the piano tuned in the classical tuning.

Source: https://youtu.be/Q3R-Ro1Lpdg

Tagged: Well Temperament, Historical Tuning, piano, Video

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Carl Radford
June 3, 2016
Articles, Clients and Customers

Oops...

Carl Radford
June 3, 2016
Articles, Clients and Customers
Oops...

I get a call from a girl, who wants me to tune her parent’s piano. Warning lights immediately start flashing in my mind. “Has she asked her parents?” I wonder. I should probably qualify her about these things, but I don’t ask.

Tagged: Dampp-Chaser, Piano Life Saver, Piano, Piano Owners, Clients, Tuning

3 Comments
Carl Radford
April 29, 2016
Articles, Dampp-Chaser, Technical

The New and Improved Dampp-Chaser Service & Installation Tool Kit

Carl Radford
April 29, 2016
Articles, Dampp-Chaser, Technical
The New and Improved Dampp-Chaser Service & Installation  Tool Kit

I decided the time had finally come to streamline, consolidate, lighten, and rethink my Dampp-Chaser tool case and optimize the tools inside it.

3 Comments
Carl Radford
November 16, 2015
Clients and Customers, Articles

My Office Today

Carl Radford
November 16, 2015
Clients and Customers, Articles
My Office Today

I feel very lucky sometimes as a piano technician to enjoy a few perks that most other professions don’t. One of the biggest fringe benefits of my job is that the view from my office changes every day.

Tagged: Ronald McDonald House, IV Lab, Recording Studio, Christmas

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Carl Radford
November 9, 2014
Articles, Dampp-Chaser, Piano Life Saver

Zen and the Art of Dampp-Chaser Installation

Carl Radford
November 9, 2014
Articles, Dampp-Chaser, Piano Life Saver
Zen and the Art of Dampp-Chaser Installation

I was tuning in a recording studio, when I received an email asking for a bid for the installation of humidity systems for all the 54 pianos in the music department at a major University during their Spring Break.

Tagged: Piano Life Saver, Installation, Zen, Dampp-Chaser, Featured

2 Comments
Carl Radford
October 16, 2014
Articles

Chloe Plays with Joshua Bell

Carl Radford
October 16, 2014
Articles
Chloe Plays with Joshua Bell

UPDATE: 
Chloe is doing better than ever! After returning back to school in Taiwan, she was asked to perform at Milennium Park with none other than Joshua Bell via Skype for the Ronald McDonald House 40th anniversary celebration!

Tagged: Ronald McDonald House

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Classical vs Modern Tunings
May 9, 2014
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May 9, 2014

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May 8, 2013
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May 8, 2013

That’s Mike. Overwhelmingly positive, and not about to hang around, even for a second, with anyone who isn’t. But Mike wasn’t always that way.

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Aug 9, 2012

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