Soundboard Resonces and the Wogram Article

[David Love]

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Recordings can be deceiving and I don't like to rely on them for a true
picture of a piano's tone.  I've heard some beautiful recordings on =
Yamahas
that were very un Yamaha like in their overall impression.  Recording =
has
gotten so sophisticated lately in terms of the ability to manipulate =
tone so
I'm generally reluctant to draw any conclusions that way.=20

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David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20

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Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:04 PM
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Subject: Re: Soundboard Resonces and the Wogram Article

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  David

  I hear what your saying & I agree.  I'm not sure this answers any of =
your
2 question directly but  I just listened to a CD of Ron Overs piano.  A
71/2  ft played by Scott Thile.  Scott is a very talented player but the
other real talent is in Ron & his  piano.  I have listened to many good =
to
horrible piano recordings & most probably Steinway Ds so I have a good =
feel
for this sort of thing. At first I though it wasa really good D but then =
as
I listened closely I realized how purely powerful & clear the tone was.
Especially the top four  treble octaves.  The whole piano was good but
Rachmaninoff really showcases the trebles & they shined.=20

    Pure tonal power.  Oh...My  ...Gosh.  The Rachmaninoff  was gorgeous =
but
the pianist had a lot to work with. Quite a good recording & the sound =
was
what I personally have always hoped for intuitively. The recording =
subdued
the bass a bit but still the whole piano was a dream.

  A preferable sound?  Oh yeah Baby!!

   Dale Erwin

My experience so far is that the RC&S boards with cutoff and fish etc., =
are
better, but different.  By better, I mean more predictable, better =
success
rate, fewer quirky things like killer octaves, dead trebles, unsmooth
transitions, thuddy low basses, distortions in the tenor, strange
resonances, dead spots.  There are some qualities that change and my =
attempt
in all this is to understand why and whether those other intangibles are
also controllable. =20

David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20

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