[pianotech] Help Identify Recorded Piano

[SooperTooner at aol.com]

For years I've listened to jazz recordings from the Rudy VanGelder Studio  
in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, across the river from NY City. Such notable  
pianists have included Red Garland, Wynton Kelley, McCoy Tyner and many  others. 
Many Blue Note and Verve albums were recorded there in the 50's  through 
80's, and probably longer.
 
The piano is (to me, at least) immediately identifiable. Always  perfectly 
tuned, the attack is brightly percussive and the decay is quick. It's  a 
very pleasant piano to listen to but it's tonal characteristics are unique.  
VanGelder was known for his innovative recording techniqiues and it has been  
said that he was very secretive about the particular methods he used for his 
 piano.
 
I have always wondered what kind of piano this was and hope that one of you 
 - particularly in the NY metro area - might have tuned the instrument and 
can  help identify it for me.
 
 
Donn Young, RPT
610-964-8181
Devon, Pennsylvania
On the web  at
www.FixPianos.com
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