[pianotech] Birdcage pianos

[David Boyce]

I'm glad you liked the recordings Susan!

I purposely didn't identify the recordings, just in case anyone wanted 
to try and make trouble over copyright. They'd have to prove what the 
recordings were, first!  In fact it's perfectly legal for me to use 
them. Copyright in sound recordings in the UK lasts 50 years from the 
end of the year of release of the recording.  One of the two vinyl LPs I 
used (both UK recordings) is from 1960 and the other from the late 1950s.

The two pianists are Georgy Cziffra and Solomon Cutner (just called 
Solomon).  Mono LPs, a bit  crackly.  I will look out the LPs and give 
you further details.

Opinion and taste are funny things. A friend of mine checked over my 
site ages ago to give me an opinion, and she said "Oh I'd get rid of 
those recordings, those crackles detract from your site and make it 
sound unprofessional". And then I showed the site to someone else and 
she said "Oh I just LOVE the crckly old recordings! So authentic!".

I did look into royalty-free tracks that can be bought online, but I 
felt in the end that using top-notch playing from now-historical 
recordings in the end has more power, allbeit with crackles!  The 
DIgital Pianos page has a track that is original, a little tune composed 
(and played on a digital keyboard) by the middle son of friends of mine. 
It's a little nod in the direction of Gottschalk. He didicated it to me 
as, like his younger brother who died suddenly at the age of 22, I like 
Gottschalk's music.

I also have a superb LP of Cherkassky which goes out of copyright at the 
end of this year, so I will probably put some of that on too.

Best regards,

David.
www.davidboyce.co.uk
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