[pianotech] tuning cold pianos (for Inauguration)

[JimWilsonian at aol.com]

> Thanks for the inside info, Al.   Pretty much what we'd suspected.   
> Considering the circumstances, it was a most forgivable choice!
> 
Cheers,
Jim Wilson


This is all I can say at the moment. If I get a release, I can give you more 
information.
> 
> The musicians decided to use a pre-recorded track they made on Sunday at the 
> Marine Corps 
> Band's recording studio on their Hamburg B.
> 
> Maybe more to follow.
> 
> Al
> 
>   From: JimWilsonian at aol.com
>   Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:54 PM
>   To: pianotech at ptg.org
>   Subject: Re: [pianotech] tuning cold pianos (for Inauguration)
> 
> 
>     Actually, my musso friends and I wondered if what we were hearing was in 
> fact "live".  Granted, we're talking Itzak, Yo Yo and other amazing players, 
> but (a) sonically it was perfect, (b) everyone's pitch was spot on -- even 
> in 20 degree weather, and (c) I don't recall the instruments being miked or 
> wired.  (Maybe they were and I didn't notice.)  Anyone else wonder if they were 
> perhaps playing along to a pre-recorded track?
> 
> 
>   Jim Wilson
> 
> 
>     Re: tuning cold pianos (for Inauguration)
> 
>     On a related topic, I wonder who tuned the piano used outside at Barack 
> Obama's inauguration. Must have been a real challenge - those were a few 
> high-end performers on the stage - and the temperature sure looked COLD - and I 
> noticed the sun shining directly on the piano (oh my!).
> 
>     Terry Farrell
> 




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