<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Check out The Overs I-rib sound board</title></head><body> <div>Clyde, Dale and all,</div> <div><br></div> <div>I missed this post when it came through, as I was out of Sydney doing a country region service.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>At Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:23:31 -0800 (PST)</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Clyde Allen <tunepiano1@yahoo.com> wrote:</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Dale thanks for sharing this link. Wow! This is very innovative yet at first glance it looks like its based on common sense engineering. Elegant. I wonder how the piano sounds.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Clyde Allen</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>PTG Assoc.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Silver Spring, MD</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Clyde,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Only two of our 225 pianos (4 & 5) and one Steinway D have received I-rib soundboards to date. While we're getting positive feedback from various pianists and technicians, unfortunately, the only recording of an I-rib piano to date is the recording of the Sydney Conservatorium launch for piano 5 (Aug 5, 04). This concert was held in one of the two smaller 120 seat auditoriums at the newly refurbished Conservatorium, which have a rather small-room acoustic, and not particularly suited to larger-piano tone. The Con's larger 250 seat Music Workshop has a very good acoustic. This room was used for the<i> Rachmaninoff Lilacs</i> recording with Scott Davie in 1992 (links to Mp3 samples taken from this recording can be found at http://overspianos.com.au/samp.html ). For those who might wish to purchase a copy of this CD, there is a link to the appropriate Buywell webpage underneath the Mp3 sample links.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Some of you already will have heard this 2002 Scott Davie recording of Rachmaninoff piano works. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation will be recording a new CD (for future commercial release) with Scott using our piano no. 5 from the Sydney Con, Feb 14 -18. This recording will include Mossorgsky's<i> Pictures at an Exhibition</i>. Once the recording has been mastered, I'll get a couple of samples up on the website.</div> <div><br></div> <div>In the meantime, I'll have a listen to the launch concert for piano no. 5 to see if I think its good enough to convert to Mp3 as an interim sample of an I-rib board.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><i><b>Erwinspiano@aol.com</b></i> wrote:</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br> <blockquote><a href="http://overspianos.com.au/iribbd1.html"><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">The Overs I-rib sound board</font></a></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">  Clyde CHeck this out.</font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">   Dale Erwin</font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">Erwins Pianos Restorations</font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">4721 Parker Rd.</font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">Modesto, Ca 95357</font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">209-577-8397</font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales</font></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">www.Erwinspiano.com</font></blockquote> </blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>