David Andersen wrote: > . . . . . . I'm starting to understand that in some pop music the > artist or producer WANTS the piano to sound kind of like a 12-string > guitar pad, more earthy or vulnerable or something--- > >David Andersen > > > > > > Oh sure, and that I can understand. I think the British blueser John Mayall had at least a couple tunes where he had a piano specially de-tuned for a sort of "jnagle piano" effect. And I know for sure I could find among my twenty-something friends, who play in the "industrial noise" and "ambient" genres of contemporary rock (it's not rock 'n' roll a la Chuck Berry or even the Sex Pistols), someone who would love the sound of a piano that has one or two strings per unison in tune to E.T., and another unison string maybe a half-step flat, or an augmented 4th, or some other "wack" or "cool"-sounding interval, depending on the effect desired. They have me save the "harps" (strung backs) of pianos not worth rebuilding for them to use as percussion instruments, tuning be damned. --David Nereson, RPT
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