<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  <STRONG><EM>Hi Alan</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  My Friend Peter Clark RPT & recording engineer says it is because of the complexity of the sound waves. Some of the bass waves for example are 27 feet long: Heck, that's longer than an Oscar Meyer Weaner. So when recording a true piano sound it would make sense<FONT size=5> not</FONT> to stick the mikes in the piano & shut the lid.  Don't cha think?  <FONT size=3>sorry pet peeve</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Also I recall him saying something like the waves are 3 dimensional or x , y & Z axis or some such.  Somebody help me out here I'm over my head.............again</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000> <DIV>and the piano seems to be one of the hardest instruments to faithfully reproduce through recording, if not the hardest.  Any thoughts as to why that is?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Eder</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>