Just got done listening to this on my stereo system,,, rather higher resolution then these pc speakers. This Stuart & Sons instrument has definatly a very interesting sound. I still have to reserve a bit of judgjement as there is only so much fidelity you can expect from a CD rip converted to MP3 transfered over the net and then reconverted to and burned to CD. That being said seemed like that hint of the 1850's was most definantly there... plus a very well defined and focused bass and lower tenor. The instrument seemed to handle ffff particularilly well with the addition of a peculiar short lived surge or burst of sound during the first milliseconds of sound. Havent heard that particular sound anywhere before. Actually, I thought the tuning in the higher treble was a bit off... good unisons but something not quite right sounding about octaves and other intervals up there. The mid treble... around C5-C6 seemed a bit ... well it reminded me of how Seilers sound in that area and its not my favorite piano sound... but it wasnt so pronounced. All in all it was fascinating enough to want to buy the origional CD and listen quite a bit more carefully. I still think the recording itself could have been improved upon.. but again trying to listen through three format conversions can be misleading. Thanks again Don for sharing that link. I want to hear more. Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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