Comments on: Out of tune recordings http://perarts.com/blog/2010/02/out-of-tune-recordings/ The world of high end pianos Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:18:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://perarts.com/blog/2010/02/out-of-tune-recordings/comment-page-1/#comment-4319 Eric Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:53:03 +0000 http://perarts.com/blog/?p=881#comment-4319 Hi Peter Thanks a lot for the comment and for your open mindedness regarding our journeys. Some of the worst tunings are found on Bill Evans recordings. Yes, they were live club recordings etc but jeez, they are so bad! The reality is that the subtleties of the harmony used by people like Evans or Brubeck get lost when the tuning is so bad. This issue is especially sensitive for me since I lined up a tuner for an important recording a couple of years ago. The result is a disc of really great music I can't listen to! Oh crap. Hi Peter
Thanks a lot for the comment and for your open mindedness regarding our journeys.

Some of the worst tunings are found on Bill Evans recordings. Yes, they were live club recordings etc but jeez, they are so bad! The reality is that the subtleties of the harmony used by people like Evans or Brubeck get lost when the tuning is so bad. This issue is especially sensitive for me since I lined up a tuner for an important recording a couple of years ago. The result is a disc of really great music I can’t listen to! Oh crap.

]]> By: Peter Sumner http://perarts.com/blog/2010/02/out-of-tune-recordings/comment-page-1/#comment-4315 Peter Sumner Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:39:58 +0000 http://perarts.com/blog/?p=881#comment-4315 A great point Eric...Waaay back, I got hooked on Brubeck...Time Out...love the tune "Sweet Meadow Lark"...but I always wondered what there was about the transition from Brubeck to Desmond when the Sax takes over....Fuzzy blends into pure tone...sunshine. Now I know that the piano is horribly out of tune...back then as a 14 year old it just sounded odd. Enjoy your blog very much....don't always agree with your point of view...we're on different journeys...but I do respect your opinions. Peter Sumner, Concert Piano Technician. Modern era Steinway and Sons specialist. A great point Eric…Waaay back, I got hooked on Brubeck…Time Out…love the tune “Sweet Meadow Lark”…but I always wondered what there was about the transition from Brubeck to Desmond when the Sax takes over….Fuzzy blends into pure tone…sunshine.
Now I know that the piano is horribly out of tune…back then as a 14 year old it just sounded odd.
Enjoy your blog very much….don’t always agree with your point of view…we’re on different journeys…but I do respect your opinions.

Peter Sumner, Concert Piano Technician.
Modern era Steinway and Sons specialist.

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