[CAUT] 5 Pianos

[Chris Solliday]

my Windows Media Player "cannot play the file because it is either damaged
or corrupt." Sorry would have liked to play.
Chris Solliday
----- 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


>
> 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
>
>
> Kent Swafford