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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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