For what it's worth -- I recently listened to a CD of piano and orchestra. The piano had a lovely clean & sonorous tone but when playing with other instruments it melded so completely that it lost it's identity (& this was a piano concerto after all). Although the instrument was not identified in the notes, I guessed it was a Bosendorfer & later listened to a disc with what was obviously a Steinway which bit through the density of instrumental sound. I also heard Garick Ohlsson in solo recital two consecutive years - the first on a Bosendorfer Imperial which tone barely made it to the balcony & left me struggling to stay awake & the second on a badly tuned house Steinway which absolutely blazed & thrilled to the core! Perhaps the producer/pianist chose the wrong type of piano for the project and/or studio acoustics. I too love really clean unisons; some pianos can be tuned really "pure" and others never will be. Detuning a purely capable piano doesn't do it for me. This is a determining factor in choosing what type of instrument one prefers. I've found many pianists love "sizzle" over cleanliness. Bruce Greig
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