noisy trichords

[Del Gittinger]

I agree.  The engineer can use mike placement (the best method), type of
mike, EQ, and processing equipment to control almost anything.  I personally
think that many recording engineers and producers have never really listened
to acoustic instruments "unplugged" - not being amplified.  I would suggest
that these people be required to attend piano recitals in small auditoriums
regularly to get their "ear" tuned.

The string and brass sections on most pop recordings today don't sound
anything like "real" instruments either.  (I know, I know. Much of the time
they are really digital samples of strings and brass. No excuse!)

Del Gittinger, RPT
Del's Music Studio, Marion, OH
Piano Tuning & Service
Electronic Instrument repairs including organs
delgit@acc-net.com

-----Original Message-----
From: bases-loaded@juno.com <bases-loaded@juno.com>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:08 PM
Subject: noisy trichords


Thanks to all of you who responded to the noisy trichord thread.  I have
trimmed the "fingers" of the trichords before and attained small amounts
of improvement, and always trim when installing new ones.  There were
some great ideas on methods of doing this while the dampers are still in
the piano, and some particularly creative ideas to further eliminate the
whoosh when trimming alone is not enough.

I still can't get it out of my head that the recording engineer should
take some responsibility for minimizing this problem.  After all, the
pianos sound just fine when being listened to with the "naked" ears.
Clearly, it is the placement of the mike that is exaggerating a sound
that is really quite unnoticeable otherwise.  Yeah, I know... wishin'
won't make it so....

Thanks again for all of your wonderful input.

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com