<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dang, hit send insead of close.  I was going to add after my comment about hearing it up close, "but he's a busy guy."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BR</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=piano57@insightbb.com href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">Barbara Richmond</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:50 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: concert/recording voicing</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aw, thanks, Mr. Bill.  The truth is, I am haunted by the Steinway dealer telling me his CD carried the hall with no problem.  Of course, I've never heard his CD in this hall (and he's never obliged my request to have the opportunity to hear it up close), so it is the unknown that teases me...  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> ----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=yardbird@vermontel.net href="mailto:yardbird@vermontel.net">william ballard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: concert/recording voicing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><snip></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder> </DIV> <DIV>Don't beat yourself up, Barbie. 2 mics, straight to stereo is the cheapest recording set-up available (short of a $29 hand-held cassette recorder in someone's lap in the 10th row). The pianist is a crucial factor, and polite though you are, you know this. You also know the "Big Dead Hall".</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BODY></HTML>