Modern Tone

[David Andersen]

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> Tone quality is always an interesting topic to me.
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> Kind of THE interesting topic for piano wizards.
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>  I've gotten rid of a few recordings because I couldn't stand the voicing=
 of
> the piano.
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> me too---more than a few; most of Keith Jarrett=B9s recordings, for one.
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> Voicing in a major league, world-class manner is a product of creating a =
tonal
> memory; this is done by listening to great pianos however you can.  The
> performance pianos recorded in the 40=B9s and 50=B9s were, by and large, dark=
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> powerful, clear, and throaty, with roar and snap at double or triple fort=
e,
> but NEVER clangy or distorted. IMHO.
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> Modern recordings, while able to take advantage of pristine and precise
> recording technology, often sound thin, bangy, and far away.
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> Thanks for your love of the craft, Barbara.
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> More on this later.
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> David Andersen
> Malibu, CA
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