---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Richard Moody wrote: > > I had the opposite opinion. I didn't think of it at the > >time nor have the temerity to ask, "Well can you show us a piano > >here that has a bass that you like?" This is a comment we've all heard and probably made or been tempted to make. Actually tho, there are several pianos out there with basses I really like very much. The trick seems to be more getting both the bass and the rest of the piano to sound good and to set off one another nicely. Seilers for example.... I think they have a really nice bass. All the growl and definition you could ask for. But for some reason the middle treble seems to waver. High treble is again pretty nice. Steinways seem to have a fairly nice over all balance, but I know lots of techs and pianists that dont really like anything smaller then the Hamburg C...exactly because of the bass. Yamahas seem to die on their bass IMHO... not if you are close by or are recording... but if you are in a large hall they just loose definition My point is that its not just a matter of << a good bass >>, but one in relationship to the piano overall, and one in relationship to the acoustics of the room its being used in. > >It was my first convention,and had attended one of his classes and > wasn't up to playing in > >public. Otherwise I am sure I could have demonstrated the > >excellence of the sound of your piano and I doubt he nor I could > >have heard the diff when blindfolded or if so it could well have > >been your piano! > > > > Richard Moody > I rather liked Ron O's piano as well, tho I doubt seriously that such an exhibition situation would be the place to really assess how it would perform as a concert instrument. As for what differences people can or cant hear blindfolded.... I wouldnt be to sure :) I personally am convince much of what we "hear" or dont is more a matter of what we are paying attention to, or have learned to pay attention to. My own experience these past 5 or 6 years with voicing issues strengthens that view greatly. People routinely are able to identify differing piano sounds, even the << sound >> of differing pianists regardless of the piano played. Dont count your voicing expert out on that one. But back to the bass... Did you listen closely to the Stuart & Sons cuts Don Maninno posted to us ? I ordered a couple CD's this morning to get a better listen too... but I have a feeling I am really going to like this piano. Could be neat really if manufacturers used CD samplers as a marketing tool. 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 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cc/25/16/2b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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