Hi list Just got my complimentary copy of a CD produced here in Norway. Ketil Bjørnestad and Ole Paus decided to do a CD on a old Pleyel forte grand from 1860. This piano was put back into playing condition about 15 years ago. To the dismay of some and pleasure of others this included a complete rescaling of the instrument and inclusion of some modern action parts. I got invited to do the tuning for this recording but only got to tune it twice for the whole recording which was done in the course of one weekend. This was my first attempt at a forte, or anything this old for that matter. The high treble is nearly impossible to tune... no matter what you do it sounds bad.. but the rest of the piano is pleasing enough... to hard to get and keep abolutely clean. I would have prefered to stay there the whole time to touch it up as needed. >From about A4 down it is actually quite nice and the bass is just wonderfull really. This despite the fact that the rescaling included hex core copper wound bass strings replacing the entire bass. The origional strings I believe were plain iron, then lower a type of plain bronze ?? and the lowest strings were iron wound...tho my information is sketchy on this. Anyways.. I thought I would let you all hear a one minute cut from the CD. Pianist is Kjetil Bjørnstad, Mixing by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studio, Oslo. The file is in MP3 format, entitled "E Kann So Mangen Ein Vakker Sang" which translates roughly to <<I sense so many beautiful songs>> ... I think...grin.. you can listen at the following address. http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/music/cut1.mp3 Cheers RicB Richard Brekne RPT NPTF Griegakadamiet UiB
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