[pianotech] An alternate but not quite parallel universe

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Sun May 16 19:14:00 MDT 2010


David Ilvedson wrote:
> Alright...let's go a little farther with this...
> 
> Jim writes:  "For example, I find that with most pianos,
> sound as a sensation is pushed so far to the back that its
> hard to see that the sound we think we are experiencing is
> actually a memory"
> 
> Noah concurs...
> 
> I'm wondering, seriously...what are you guys smoking?


I think it's right on. Aren't there sounds in your world that 
speak to your very center? Be it surf, thunder, the screech 
owl in the distance or the loon on the lake? I'm looking for a 
piano sound too. It's not defined as loud, or powerful, or any 
of the standard sales descriptions that prospective customers 
can hear driving by, and feel somewhat beyond the pain 
threshold in the piano's presence. It's more like cellos or 
bassoons, something warmer and richer than strident 
percussive. Something that speaks to me like surf and thunder, 
and geese passing overhead in the night, and makes some of the 
more strident aspects of life recede for a moment.

So I concur too.
Ron N


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