It's not what you can or can't stand to listen to...it's what the artist can stand to listen to. I'm with you on the brittle stuff but I err on the bright side...if you get my drift. David I. On 25 Apr 2072 at 6:53, David Andersen wrote: > >I agree with the "stingy" use of the needles. I've had pianist say > >they would rather have too bright than dull. They can deal with > >bright but dull is...well dull. > > > >David I. > > Hi David.....HER concept of dull, maybe, but not dull.....quite a few > pianists---some pianists---don't really listen passionately to the > instrument, and can't pull or draw the sound out of pianos, so they > need an edge (to me a metallic clang at low volume) to feel > comfortable. I literally can't listen to certain modern piano > recordings: way too edgy, too "broken-glass" at low volume, and very, > very ugly at high volume unless it has to cut through an entire > triple-forte orchestra. > > Listen to the live recording of Lang Lang at Seiji Ozawa Hall at > Tanglewood----a beautifully voiced piano for live performance, but > certainly "duller," in your parlance, than most concert grands I've > come upon. To me, what you call dull(perhaps) is classic piano > tone---completely clear, but mellow and throaty, golden and viscous at > piano and mezzo; a little snarl appears at forte, and a real edge of > brilliance, of snarl, of snap, appears at double forte---really, check > this record out; Barbara Pease Renner is a monster pianotech, and her > husband Jack is a monster recording engineer; the piano is miked and > recorded in a full, natural, very near-field way.....great spread and > clarity: my current record to use as a demo for what I consider to be > great live piano sound. In the studio, you can go even darker; the > sound begins to take on incredible colors when all the bang is out of > the hammers.........very intimate-sounding. > > Anyway....endless are the arguments of mages.... :----) > > David A. > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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