Yes. I can perfectly describe the tone of Wurlitzer console and spinet and micro-grand pianos that I tune: I believe the technically correct terminology is "Harsh whiney crap." Alan Barnard Salem, MO ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 4/12/2007 12:33:15 PM Subject: Franz Mohr in Moscow >I enjoyed watching that. Mohr says in the short film that Horowitz likes a >certain "nasal-ness" in the tone. That set me to thinking again about how >tricky it is to find adjectives to describe the subtleties of piano tone. >What do we say of the sound of a Steinway concert grand in comparison to a >Yamaha? We may be able to tell them apart in good quality recordings, but >can we DESCRIBE the differences? Especially to a non-expert? >There is a cliché I really dislike - it's when someone describes a fine >piano as have a "bell-like" tone. Yuk yuk yuk! Who wants a piano that >sounds like bells? Many bells have such a muddle of harmonics that you can >hardly tell what note they are. It would be a really great compliment to a >set of bells to say that they had a "piano-like tone", I reckon! >Do any have adjectives they would apply to particular brands, or that they >tend to use in decribing tone quality? I'd like to hear what others say >before venturing any of my own...... >Best, >David.
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