Thank you Richard! That was really neat!  I'm going to share it with the piano faculty here at UNL. Thanks again Paul <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>Richard Brekne <ricb@pianostemmer.no> Sent by: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org 04/23/2008 11:52 AM <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org></div></table> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td>Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org>, caut@ptg.org <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Grieg Experiment</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> <tt>Hi Folks I recently was privileged to be the technician for a very special recording on Edward Griegs own old Steinway B.  To make a long story short... old wax roles of Edvard Grieg himself were used to reference his playing style so that a present day pianist could recreate his exact style on Griegs own instrument. There has been some controversy as to how fast to play these old roles.  One thing that came clear was that playing them so as to achieve present day pitch results in the music being very fast and rather makes Grieg the pianist sound a bit comical. The folks behind this project were convinced that Grieg was adamant about using a much lower concert pitch... 434-436 and when playing these roles so as to achieve that pitch the playing becomes much more lyrical and beautiful... more what one might expect from a musical genius such as Edvard Grieg.   So we tuned his instrument down from its present day usual 442 to 436... which had a dramatic affect on the sound of the instrument as well... virtually eliminating a very prevalent killer octave area. In anycase... the link below is a sample clip which interlaces the new recording with digital copies of the old wax roles of Edvard Grieg himself playing.  I hope you enjoy this little taste of the project. Interesting to be sure.  The segments where the wax roles come in are easily distinquished because of all the static that could not be filtered out. The rest is our recording on Griegs Piano. Hope you like it ! Pianists Sigurd Slåttebrekk / Edvard Grieg Producer and Sound Technician Tony Harrison Pianotechnician Richard Brekne http://www.pianostemmer.no/music/Grieg.wav Cheers Richard Brekne </tt>