Clean unisons

[Pianogreig@AOL.COM]

For what it's worth --

I recently listened to a CD of piano and orchestra.  The piano had a lovely 
clean & sonorous tone but when playing with other instruments it melded so 
completely that it lost it's identity (& this was a piano concerto after 
all).  Although the instrument was not identified in the notes, I guessed it 
was a Bosendorfer & later listened to a disc with what was obviously a 
Steinway which bit through the density of instrumental sound. 

I also heard Garick Ohlsson in solo recital  two consecutive years - the 
first on a Bosendorfer Imperial which tone barely made it to the balcony & 
left me struggling to stay awake & the second on a badly tuned house Steinway 
which absolutely blazed & thrilled to the core!

Perhaps the producer/pianist chose the wrong type of piano for the project 
and/or studio acoustics.  

I too love really clean unisons; some pianos can be tuned really "pure" and 
others never will be. Detuning a purely capable piano doesn't do it for me.  
This is a determining factor in choosing what type of instrument one prefers. 
 I've found many pianists love "sizzle" over cleanliness.

Bruce Greig