Modern Tone

[antares]

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment
Very nice,  Barb,
You are one of the 'real' ones.

EAR


On 3-mrt-05, at 20:25, Barbara Richmond wrote:

> Alan,
> =A0
> Tone quality is=A0always an interesting topic to me.=A0 I've gotten =
rid=20
> of=A0a few=A0recordings because I couldn't stand the voicing of the=20
> piano.=A0 One was of the 500,000th Steinway (I think), a lot of=20
> different artists playing.=A0 To me, it was a really glassy sounding=20=

> instrument.=A0=A0 I sold=A0the CD=A0to a faculty member.=A0=A0
> =A0
> I'm not sure how I learned to hear the subtleties and form my opinion=20=

> of piano tone.=A0 But I did practice voicing every chance I had,=20
> starting with evening up notes on the pianos I tuned.=A0 Are you a=20
> pianist?=A0=A0As a pianist, I=A0am always=A0looking for=A0the greatest =
spectrum=20
> of tone color available.=A0 When I'm=A0playing, I feel like the =
piano=A0IS=20
> the orchestra, and I want to be able to=A0produce as many different=20
> voices=A0possible.=A0
> =A0
> Recently=A0I=A0serviced the home piano (Steinway B) for a university=20=

> professor (of piano).=A0=A0When I was at his house he said =
something=A0to=20
> the effect that he didn't want "that generic Steinway voicing."=A0 Let=20=

> me explain that I've=A0often felt like I'm in minority because it =
seems=20
> no matter where I go, so many of the pianos (not just Steinways) are=20=

> way too bright--for my taste, anyway.=A0 I can=A0produce that raucous =
kind=20
> of voicing if I have to, but I don't like it and I don't like to have=20=

> to tune it.=A0 If given artistic freedom, I go for a broad sound--not=20=

> too bright (but capable of being bright) and not=A0so mellow to rob=20
> power.=A0 In fact, at one time I had doubted my voicing strategy (only=20=

> because it seemed to be different than so much of what I've heard out=20=

> there), until I got=A0the e-mail from the professor=A0asking me=A0to =
service=20
> his piano.=A0=A0I'll quote the line that made me want to do =
cartwheels:
> =A0
> "I have greatest admiration for your ability to bring out the highest=20=

> artistic potential in pianos."
> =A0
> Well, I'm not sure I actually do, but, golly, I'm going to save that=20=

> one!=A0=A0A little affirmation at the right time can work marvels for =
a=20
> person.=A0 OK, I'll stay the course, I'll stick to my ideals.
> =A0
> Go for it, man!
> =A0
> Barbara Richmond
> =A0
> =A0
> =A0
>  =A0
> =A0
> =A0
> =A0
> ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Alan
> To: 'Pianotech'
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:07 AM
> Subject: Modern Tone was Restoring Collard & Collard Grand
>
> Joe Garrett said "Tone is nothing like what the past was, IMHO."
>  =A0
> He was talking about much older instruments but it reminded me of a=20
> conversation I once had with Ari Isaac.
>  =A0
> I had asked him how a person can learn to really hear the subtleties=20=

> of voicing and what a piano should sound like. His response was=20
> "Listen to piano music recorded in the 1950's."
> =A0
> Alan R. Barnard
> Salem, MO
>
friendly greetings
from
Andr=E9 Oorebeek

www.concertpianoservice.nl

"Where music is no harm can be"



---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 4859 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/62/44/fe/9f/attachment.bin

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--