---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Del Been busy I see :) Just wanted to say that this is the first time I've heard of complaining about too much sustain as well. I dont really know much more about him then he is a harpsichord builder that has a rather special international reputation. He likes old wood. And I guess he makes a pretty fair harpsichord. I posted this because I thought it was an interesting variant as well, and his argumention likewise. Cheers RicB "Barbara J. Fandrich" wrote: > A little off the subject line here, this quote reminded me > of something I heard a few weeks back from an eminent > harpsichord builder in Northern Europe. Bear in mind the > fellow is a piano forte' lover, dislikes the Steinway sound > intensly, and in general dislikes the modern piano. > > His point was that this whole sustain issue is misunderstood > from the get go. That is to say that there is no need for > nearly the sustain levels modern pianos offer, ... that > there is virtually no music written from any time period > that requires more then half of this sustain level. Never > heard that argumentation before. > > His position was that older instruments of the modern > variant sounded better (read mellow) as they lost some of > their power and sustain through the years. > > Your friend must not encounter the same jazz pianists that come our > way.... Music evolves. > > This is the first time I've heard of anyone complaining about > excessive sustain time. The increasingly hard and harsh sound quality > of the modern piano, yes, even the excessively high overall power > levels expected from them. But not sustain time. Interesting. > > Del -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/9f/a8/27/17/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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