<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Modern Tone</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Andersen wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Modern recordings, while able to take = advantage of pristine and precise recording technology, often sound thin, bangy, and = far away</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David, Barbara and voicing fans out there</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here, here! A tip of the hap to all = those out there who share the same view-point.  I think that this is = more of a case of evolution of tone...like it or not in today's modern world. I = guess when singers can get away with sounding trashing and be pop icons, why = can't pianos become more and more glassy... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I too have recordings I cannot listen = to. I can't tell you the amount of times when I'm in the car listening to the = classical station  have to change the station due to the piano = voicing.  The sad part is that a few of the times I've had to turn the = radio off were recordings I was involved with. Didn't agree with the artist then and = surely don't agree with them after the fact.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Tom Servinsky</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bigda@gte.net href="mailto:bigda@gte.net">David = Andersen</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 03, 2005 = 11:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Modern Tone</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Tone = quality is always an interesting topic to me. <BR><BR>Kind of THE interesting = topic for piano wizards.<BR><BR><BR> I've gotten rid of a few recordings = because I couldn't stand the voicing of the piano.<BR><BR>me too---more than = a few; most of Keith Jarrett’s recordings, for one.  <BR><BR>Voicing = in a major league, world-class manner is a product of creating a tonal = memory; this is done by listening to great pianos however you can.  The = performance pianos recorded in the 40’s and 50’s were, by and = large, dark, powerful, clear, and throaty, with roar and snap at double or triple = forte, but NEVER clangy or distorted. IMHO.<BR><BR>Modern recordings, while = able to take advantage of pristine and precise recording technology, often = sound thin, bangy, and far away.<BR><BR>Thanks for your love of the craft, = Barbara.<BR><BR>More on this later.<BR><BR>David Andersen<BR>Malibu, = CA<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>