If you listen closely you will hear a left hand accompaniment when only his right hand is playing. It happens early on when his gets to the far pianos. He's a genius in my book and syncing with the real audio was almost flawless. Phil Frankenberg Chico, Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> To: <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>; "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: RE: OT Victor Borge - the Piano Tuner (Israel) > Right, there's another clue! How could you even mic > all those pianos so that they sound exactly the same; > same ambience, same tone, same volume. > > One million dollars still says the sound is dubbed in. > > Tom Sivak > Chicago > --- David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> When was that made? Did the technology exist to >> match the pianist's hands to the sound...or was >> Victor simply making sure he hit the notes in time >> with the piped in music? Another clue would be the >> lack of differences from one piano to the next if >> over-dubbed.... >> >> David Ilvedson, RPT >> Pacifica, CA 94044 >> >> ----- Original message >> ---------------------------------------- >> From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> >> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> >> Received: 3/15/2008 8:06:35 AM >> Subject: RE: OT Victor Borge - the Piano Tuner >> (Israel) >> >> >> >Israel >> >> >I did in fact meet Victor Borge once, on Michigan >> >Avenue in Chicago. He really was a hero of mine >> when >> >I was growing up. I was thrilled to see him >> standing >> >on the corner with an associate and I just wanted >> to >> >tell him that I had been watching him and enjoying >> his >> >antics since I was a child. And, being a >> professional >> >pianist at that time in my life, I had some piano >> >music with me, and I thought I'd have him autograph >> >one of my pieces of music. Perhaps a >> conversation, >> >just pianist to pianist, might ensue! >> >> >Unfortunately, he was brusque, nearly rude to me. >> I >> >handed him the piece of music to sign; you'd think >> he >> >might say. He took it, signed it, and walked away >> >from me before I could get a word out. >> >> >Now, that's not why I am certain that the sound was >> >dubbed in. >> >> >Even Chico Marx's piano work in the films was >> dubbed >> >in later. At least with Chico, he did actually >> play >> >everything you see in the film and performed his >> >routines live. But if you look closely enough, you >> >can see him hit a crack that is not heard in the >> audio >> >track; other things vary slightly, either in >> timing >> >or in the actual notes you hear versus what you >> see. >> >It was dubbed in later, just to make it perfect. >> >> >But this Victor Borge video clip, as entertaining >> as >> >it is, is pure fraud. There's no way that what >> you're >> >hearing was produced at the same time as what you >> see. >> > The million dollar offer still stands. >> >> >Tom Sivak >> >Chicago >> >> >--- Israel Stein <custos3 at comcast.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >Subject: RE: OT Victor Borge - the Piano Tuner >> >> >Message: 2 >> >> > >> >> >Don >> >> > >> >> >It was the last two pianos at the far end of the >> >> room >> >> >from the camera that led me to believe it was >> >> dubbed >> >> >in. He sat at the piano on the right and >> reached >> >> >behind to play octave A's on the piano behind >> him >> >> at >> >> >the end of each phrase. >> >> > >> >> >No one, not Victor Borge, not Horowitz, could >> reach >> >> >blindly behind himself and strike octave A's >> >> cleanly, >> >> >twice in a row. I don't care how much he >> >> practiced, >> >> >unless he has eyes in the back of his head, that >> >> was >> >> >dubbed in. >> >> > >> >> >The rest of it also looked dubbed in to me. The >> >> >cavalier way in which he'd strike the chords as >> he >> >> >went from piano to piano. There was no care at >> the >> >> >last moment to strike the right keys. It was >> all >> >> for >> >> >show. >> >> >> >> Tom, >> >> >> >> Have you ever met Victor Borge in person? Did you >> >> ever spend any time >> >> around him? He cultivated that "off-hand" manner. >> At >> >> the piano, >> >> backstage, out and about - his public persona was >> an >> >> endless >> >> progression of off-hand gags, one after the >> other. I >> >> wouldn't bet the >> >> mortgage if I were you - never mind $1,000,000. >> >> >> >> Israel Stein >> >> >> >> >I'd bet a million dollars on it. >> >> > >> >> >Tom Sivak >> >> >Chicago >> >> >--- Don Mannino <donmannino at ca.rr.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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