Whadayathink of this piano sound?

[Richard Brekne]

Hi Kent.

I must confess myself not too awfully surprised that it turned out to be 
a Nossaman.  I meant really that the sound was reminiscent of some 
instruments I've heard in very good condition from pre ...say 1870's.  I 
suppose that fits a bit when you first think about it. He is after a 
very responsive sound as I understand it, requiring low hammer 
density... perhaps weight as well. I dont mean to overstate that 
similarity .... anymore then I do when I have mentioned the Stuart 
instrument can remind one of Forte sounds of old.  And I decided to take 
one quick listen to one of your files and give you a seat of the pants 
response. I figured perhaps thats what you wanted.. A gut response 
honest as those usually are.  The close in microphones revealed a 
wavering the unisons that I mentioned. I dont think this is a tuning 
issue, if its what I think it is.  I run into this kind of falseness 
often. and its hard to get a finger on exactly what causes it... tho I 
find many techs who immediately start banging away at the bridge when 
they hear this kind of thing in attempt to get a more signwave like 
clarity.  But thats another discussion entirely.

Anyways... if you leave the files up for a couple days.... I'd like to 
listen to them all a bit more closely now that I know what the 
instrument is.

Cheers
RicB





    On Nov 29, 2007, at 12:00 AM, Richard Brekne wrote:
     > Sounded reminicent of an older piano type in the first file.  Not  
     > unpleasant at all... but a bit thin.  Unisons were kinda wavery.  
     > Just listened to the first file one time quickly before leaving for  
     > work this morning.  Cool blind test. It will be interesting to see  
     > what it ends up being.

    What did you have in mind when you said "older piano type"?