Depending upon the recording, the piano could have been out of tune. I've heard some pretty awful tunings, especially on jazz recordings, and that's a shame. I'd love to hear Dave Brubeck's "Stardust" on a really good piano that's in good tune and well regulated, with a set of dampers that don't sound like a trap set playing along softly, and not voiced to break the fine china on anything louder than mezzo-piano. > Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:09:01 -0700 > From: mark.purney at mesapiano.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] Lost client due to "on hold" music! > > I just had to share this one: > > One of our business lines plays music while the caller waits to be > transferred. The default music for this particular phone service happens > to be Brubeck's "Take Five," one of the most recognizable jazz > recordings in history. > > When we checked our messages yesterday, this is a message left by a > potential client, word for word: > > "I heard your recording. It's like a piano that's out of tune. It's > disgusting to hear it. So forget it." > > > > My head wants to explode on so many levels. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101005/a140acca/attachment.htm>
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