An A-Z of the Organ : T is for Temperament

Meantone, Werckmeister, and 'the wolf': Cathy Lamb compares temperament systems and explains how they came about.  Cathy has held organ posts at Wells Cathedral, Christchurch Priory and Lichfield Cathedral, and is now known as a choral animateur and teacher. This video is one of 26 in a series entitled An A-Z of the Organ, filmed by the RCO team and colleagues around the UK at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown. Starting with A for Anthology and concluding with Z for ? (wait and see!), the series aims to explore various perspectives on the organ: its tonal characteristics, some of…