<HTML> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 12:06:11 +0100 From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> Subject: Re: Broadwood Meyer Carl wrote: > I remember a square Broadwood on the beach of New Zealand in the movie "The > Piano".  The waves were breaking around the legs.  At that time I wasn't > aware that squares were made in England or in Europe for that matter.   Great > movie but very strange. > > Carl Meyer Yes... even stranger was the sound of that piano... sounded like an 8 foot grand or something. Holli-wood---- sheesh.. </BLOCKQUOTE> Richard! Odd, isn't it, that with all the emphasis these days on authenticity of performance, pitch level, temperament (oops!  Please, no flames!) that when it comes to a movie like that, the music was simply hopeless, hopeless, HOPELESS!  It was a compelling story, to be sure, but........I very nearly walked out of the theater because of the music.  With that in mind, what hope was there that the piano would sound even remotely the way it looked?   Hollywood in the '30s and '40s tried very hard to be as realistic as possible with most movies.............too expensive now.  Easier to do it in house with samples.........Sheesh is right! Stan Ryberg Barrington IL</HTML>