[ddots-l] Re: Finding a more affordable acoustic piano virtual instrument
- From: "Phil Muir" <philmuir1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:24:21 +0100
Bill. As Kevin said, all Bosendorfer's have extra keys. We were always told
at piano tuning college, that Bosendorfer's have rich bass. That makes sense
to me as having those extra bottom notes, should make notes such as bottom A,
very rich, as the A string, won't be right at the end of the iron frame.
Also, the way that they designed the Bosendorfer is excellent. They really
thought about which gages of wire to use for the various strings.
As a side note, I remember a company over here in the UK that computer modelled
pianos. So, you could send them your piano for a restring. And if it hadn't
been modelled very well then, they could remodel it in the Computer. Then,
when they came to restring it, you would end up getting a piano back, that
sounded better than ever before.
I remember discussing some of this when at college with the guys from the
company. They told me that pianos such as the Bosendorfer didn't need to be
remodelled, as they had been well designed.
Regards, Phil Muir
P J Muir Productions
Music And Audio Production
URL:
www.philmuir.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: William R. McCann
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 3:01 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Finding a more affordable acoustic piano virtual
instrument
Hi, Phil,
Thanks for letting us know about this Bosendorfer soft synthe. I have always
enjoyed hearing Bosendorfers on recordings. However, I am trying to reconcile
the following statements from their blurb:
> The extra lower bass strings give superior resonance to this world class
concert grand
and
> each and every note of the eighty-eight keys on this sampled Bosendorfer
Imperial
Not to be too picky, but don't Bosendorfers have at least 92 keys?
Bill
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