<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Thanks, David! One can instantly tell they are historical recordings, and not just from the crackles. They add a lot of class, IMO. There's no substitute for musical taste. Professionally, this is a very wise move. You are offering proof that you are musical and know pianists and recordings, but in a subdued and non-arrogant way. Surely if someone is looking for a piano tuner, they'd prefer someone who is musical and educated about the history of performance on the piano! Someone who LIKES pianos. Your whole site says that you like pianos. Best, Susan P.S. I never knew Solomon's last name. David Boyce wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:500E6062.60008@piano.plus.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; "> I'm glad you liked the recordings Susan!  I purposely didn't identify the recordings, just in case anyone wanted to try and make trouble over copyright. They'd have to prove what the recordings were, first!  In fact it's perfectly legal for me to use them. Copyright in sound recordings in the UK lasts 50 years from the end of the year of release of the recording.  One of the two vinyl LPs I used (both UK recordings) is from 1960 and the other from the late 1950s. The two pianists are Georgy Cziffra and Solomon Cutner (just called Solomon).  Mono LPs, a bit  crackly.  I will look out the LPs and give you further details. Opinion and taste are funny things. A friend of mine checked over my site ages ago to give me an opinion, and she said "Oh I'd get rid of those recordings, those crackles detract from your site and make it sound unprofessional". And then I showed the site to someone else and she said "Oh I just LOVE the crckly old recordings! So authentic!". I did look into royalty-free tracks that can be bought online, but I felt in the end that using top-notch playing from now-historical recordings in the end has more power, allbeit with crackles!  The DIgital Pianos page has a track that is original, a little tune composed (and played on a digital keyboard) by the middle son of friends of mine. It's a little nod in the direction of Gottschalk. He didicated it to me as, like his younger brother who died suddenly at the age of 22, I like Gottschalk's music. I also have a superb LP of Cherkassky which goes out of copyright at the end of this year, so I will probably put some of that on too. Best regards, David. <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk">www.davidboyce.co.uk</a> </blockquote> </body> </html>