Studio piano tuning (was Clean Unisons)

[Kristinn Leifsson]

To the gentleman from New York,


And boy, does one notice that when tuning for people like say Philip Page 
a.k.a. Richard Clayderman :)
I tuned for him once, he played a 278cm Fazioli... BIG INSTRUMENT!
They had it CLOSED on the stage and had special mics inside the grand.
The tuning and unisons were great (I felt) but they sounded quite ripe when 
coming through 3 meter tall speakers.

Bummer,

Kristinn


At 16:08 5.10.2000 -0400, you wrote:
>...Another thing to consider, Linda:
>
>I've done tuning in a recording studio setting and an interesting thing to
>keep in mind is this: When pianos are miked for recording, the mikes pick up
>every little tiny sound.  For example, the damper wires sliding through the
>bushings, while marginally noticeable to our ear, can sound like sliding a
>desk across a room.  Maybe I exaggerate a little but my point is this: any
>little waver in a unison is magnified multi-fold by studio microphones -
>which makes it seem more odd that your client thought the tuning was to clean.
>
>Matt W -NY