[CAUT] 5 Pianos

[Michael Wathen]

That was fun.  Your are a better player than you let on in your post.  All 
the pianos sound good. I like #2 the best.  #1 sounds completly understated 
for its size. I am guessing the #1 is an Asian piano.
Is the lid on full stick?  Is the microphone suspended from the lid?  What 
kind of mike?  What kind of recording device?

Michael Wathen
RET


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford at gmail.com>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 6:09 PM
Subject: [CAUT] 5 Pianos


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> I've been playing with a field audio recorder. I've taken it around to  5 
> tunings, played the same music on each freshly tuned piano, with the  mics 
> always placed at the bridge and strut just below the top 2  sections. I 
> edited all the recordings together, processing all the  recordings 
> identically. Close miking tends to minimize the effects of  recording in 
> wildly different rooms. All of the pianos are "concert"  grands. Anyone 
> care to play "Name that piano" and/or express  preferences for the piano 
> sounds? I think it's an interesting group of  pianos. (I wish the playing 
> was better, but hey, we're trying to deal  with reality, here!)
>
> www.kentswafford.com/mp3/5pianos.mp3
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> Kent Swafford
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