<HTML>Ron, Tom does get around, doesn't he?  I'll have to check out the Whalen= LP(I'm the one who recommended "Inner Voyage").   The piano on Gonzalo's CD sounds great on my system.  It doesn't so= und like a Rhodes to me, but there IS an amazing amount of sustain, and the = treble is indeed bell-like.  I can see wouldn't please everybody, but I= feel like it does quite well in the context in which it was recorded. &nbsp= ;To be truthful, in real life, I prefer the Mason and Hamlin BB type of soun= d, but that type of resonance probably does not record as well as the CF III= . Thanks for the recommendation on Mike Whalen! Dave Stahl In a message dated 4/2/03 10:04:56 AM Pacific Standard Time, drwoodwind@= hotmail.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> I went out today and bought Innner Voyage, the CD by Gonzalo Rubalcaba recommended on the list a few days ago.  Nice playing, but I was st= ruck by the Fender Rhoades-type sound of the piano during most of the CD.  = Another too-closed-miked and too much compression in post-production...  We= 've tried recording at the school, and I know how hard it is to get the balance ri= ght in ensemble playing.  Tough to get the tone, yet still get separati= on between the other instruments. I pulled out the other CD I've liked for a few years.  It's been in= the changer in my car for ready access.  It has the best example of pia= no vibrato in the beginning of the first track.  This solo piano recor= ding has the proper attack and decay, good tone, though the performer overplays t= he instrument in a few spots.  I dug through my car to see if the tech= was credited in the liner notes and yup!, it was Tom Sheehan again! Michael Whalen - The Softest Touch</BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>