Kawai Anytime Owner's Manual page 19

WERCKMEISTER III TEMPERAMENT
KIRNBERGER III TEMPERAMENT
These two temperaments are placed in between Mean tone and Pythagorean. For music
with few accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful chords of the mean tone,
but as accidentals increase, the temperament produces the characteristic melodies of
the Pythagorean temperament. It is used primarily for classical music written in the
Baroque era to revive the original characteristics.
EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (FLAT)
This is "un-stretched" equal temperament that divides the scale into twelve equal
semitones. This produces the same chordal intervals in all twelve keys, and has the
advantage of limitless modulation of the key. However the tonality of each key becomes
less characteristic and no chord is in pure consonance.
EQUAL TEMPERAMENT
This is the most popular piano temperament. The hearing ability of a human is uneven
and is not as accurate with high frequency and low frequency as it is with the middle
range. This temperament's tuning is stretched to compensate for this so the sound will
be heard naturally to the ears. This "Stretched" equal temperament is a practical
variation of the "un-stretched" equal temperament, which was invented on a
mathematical basis.
To do this, hold down the VIRTUAL TECHNICIAN button and press the VALUE
button a few times setting the piano in Temperament mode.
The LCD display shows the setting.
Let go of the VIRTUAL TECHNICIAN button and press the "VALUE +" or
"VALUE - " button to change the temperament. If you have finished setting, press
any other than the REC, PLAY/STOP button to turn the setting off.
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