Hi Kent. I must confess myself not too awfully surprised that it turned out to be a Nossaman. I meant really that the sound was reminiscent of some instruments I've heard in very good condition from pre ...say 1870's. I suppose that fits a bit when you first think about it. He is after a very responsive sound as I understand it, requiring low hammer density... perhaps weight as well. I dont mean to overstate that similarity .... anymore then I do when I have mentioned the Stuart instrument can remind one of Forte sounds of old. And I decided to take one quick listen to one of your files and give you a seat of the pants response. I figured perhaps thats what you wanted.. A gut response honest as those usually are. The close in microphones revealed a wavering the unisons that I mentioned. I dont think this is a tuning issue, if its what I think it is. I run into this kind of falseness often. and its hard to get a finger on exactly what causes it... tho I find many techs who immediately start banging away at the bridge when they hear this kind of thing in attempt to get a more signwave like clarity. But thats another discussion entirely. Anyways... if you leave the files up for a couple days.... I'd like to listen to them all a bit more closely now that I know what the instrument is. Cheers RicB On Nov 29, 2007, at 12:00 AM, Richard Brekne wrote: > Sounded reminicent of an older piano type in the first file. Not > unpleasant at all... but a bit thin. Unisons were kinda wavery. > Just listened to the first file one time quickly before leaving for > work this morning. Cool blind test. It will be interesting to see > what it ends up being. What did you have in mind when you said "older piano type"?
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