An old friend told me about a convention he was at which had a demonstration of action and tone, from 4 different pianos. Don't know the name of the player.. When the tuners were asked their opinions on tone ; those who answered had various descriptions of what they thought. All seemed valid, but the one that caught his attention was a blind tuner. All he said was that a particular piano sang, while the others played. In that instant he understood what was meant. The piano had a mellow, sustained sound, which seemed to produce all the frequencies in a rounded wave that reached you at the same time. It was played later by some of the tuners, but didn't impress him the same way. I do think that the artist can make all the difference in tone ," if it's available to him." I was able to gain( some) understanding of what to listen for in a good piano tone. Do we all have our own feeling of tone which pleases us but not someone else, like favorite colors?? ( blonds, brunettes, redheads ) eeeeehhh Maybe not ............ Carl Horace Greeley wrote: > Joe, > > At 04:20 PM 3/4/2004, you wrote: > >In the same vein, any one who has played on the Horowitz 9' S&S, knows that > >Vladimir made that piano sing, but by anyone else, the piano SUCKS, (IMO). > >Because of that one thing, I do think that the artist can/does elicit the > >tone and character of the instrument, to some degree > > The instrument that has been circulated as having been the Horowitz piano > was certainly that...with one small change - it was completely rehammered > and the weigh-off changed before it left New York for those tours. What > has been seen is only a portion, and a small one at that, of what the > instrument had been. Skimmed milk, once more, masquerading as cream. > > Horace > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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