Bozie sound

Avery Todd avery@ev1.net
Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:02:32 -0600


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Barbara,

I may just send this to the chair of our piano department! :-)

Avery

At 07:20 PM 1/24/05, you wrote:
>John,
>
>Your post made me laugh, because I've experienced that a few times.  The 
>most noticeable was when I was (new) on staff at a university.  I remember 
>being absolutely horrified at a recital after having spent a lot of energy 
>on voicing the instrument.  I said to the (piano) faculty member sitting 
>next to me, "Man, I really thought the piano sounded better than that!"
>
>"It's not the piano," was his reply.
>
>"Oh..............good."   I still had my job.   :-)
>
>
>Barbara Richmond
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:bjsilva001@comcast.net>Bec and John
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
>Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 7:09 PM
>Subject: Re: Bozie sound
>
>Hi Joe,
>
>Or perhaps the Bosendorfer just revealed the "wannabe"-ness of this local 
>concert artist! So many pianists have a terrible tone, including many 
>well-known ones. That a performer may sound better on one piano vs. 
>another is not necessarily a reflection on the capabilities of the piano.
>
>- John
>
>
><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Yup! They do make a lot of sound. 
>Muddy, garbled noise IMO! Of course, that is just my opinion, which is 
>based on several attempts by one of the local "wannabe" Concert artist, 
>who insisted on Bozies and then had to deal with extremely bad reviews. 
>The reviewer hated the sound as well. I agreed with him and still 
>do.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>One thing you need to take into 
>consideration, most U.S. Concert Halls have poor, if not, Bad acoustics, 
>compared to the ones in Europe.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Best Regards,<?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Joe Garrett, 
>R.P.T.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily>

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