Neil Young played an MTV gig a few years back and the piano he played on the set (upright) definitely did not have clean unisons. It was obvious that the airy unisons fit the piece appropriately. It made his "sound" distinct. Jay Mercier Glenwood, MN >From: Pianogreig@AOL.COM >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Clean unisons >Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:27:52 EDT > >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 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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