<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">OK, I have more time this evening to write this up.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I think the recording is really good, even with the volume turned way up, the piano shows good sustain, good clarity even at fortissimo, and even when overdubbed for the pieces written for two pianos. (And the good sound survived the transcoding that YouTube does. There is a 2nd track from the CD on YouTube as well, but the sound appears to have been munged by YouTube.) Of course, I have heard the entire CD which includes a wide range of tunes in the tango style. I don't hear anything shrill, although the tenor and bass of this piano may have some longitudinal wave issues. Still, I love this piano.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The tuning isn't stellar, but I'll explain. This CD was recorded on Ron Nossaman's B in the UMKC recording studio. The piano tech was called only at the last minute; If I am remembering correctly, I had already tuned 6 that day, so my contract tech went in and spent 2 hours with the piano, and that was the only tuning done for the entire CD.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Since November when the recording was done, the action has been regulated.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; "><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">So, as far as we know, the entire CD was recorded in a single evening session. I think the composer-pianist shows great skill. Conditions were not perfect, but this CD overcomes much. At least, that is how I hear it.</span><div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Kent</span></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div>On Feb 7, 2013, at 5:40 PM, Dale Erwin <<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">The tenor and the bass sounded odd & I think its the recording gear.  The trebles sounded musical. Mark Lowry I </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">believe</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> is  Yamaha artist.</font> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dale<br> <br> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1"><font color="blueviolet"><font> <font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com">www.Erwinspiano.com</a></font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt; ">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Euphonious Thumpe <<a href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 8:52 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] piano recording<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_a35f6e9c-b510-4f5e-9c2a-a0c6907a6bdb"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"> <div>I liked the recorded sound very much,too. But the tune bored me.<br> <br> Thumpe</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="_origMsg_"> <div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif:font-size:10pt"> <br> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"> <font size="2" face="Tahoma"> <hr size="1"> <b> <span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span> </b> Kent Swafford <<a href="mailto:kswafford@gmail.com">kswafford@gmail.com</a>>; <br> <b> <span style="font-weight:bold:">To:</span> </b> <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>>; <br> <b> <span style="font-weight:bold:">Subject:</span> </b> [pianotech] piano recording <br> <b> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span> </b> Thu, Feb 7, 2013 1:21:35 AM <br> </font> <br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">I rather like the recorded sound of this piano. Anyone else care to listen and give their opinion?<br> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_uGYt4KFiI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_uGYt4KFiI</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Kent Swafford<br> <br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </font></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>