Re: GG: playing the Chickering

[deborah dana <deborah_dana75093@YAHOO.COM>]

> Sounds like a great experience, Deborah.
>
> Can you say more about what seems "harpsichordish"
> about it?  Action,
> tone, or both?  And how so?  (Like a clearly and
> crisply "speaking"
> Italian harpsichord, or like a richly resonant
> French/German/Flemish
> harpsichord, or like some tinny poor-quality
> harpsichord, or what?...
> Does it have a clearly differentiated tone from
> octave to octave, as
> opposed to the usual uniformity of pianos?)
>
> Here's my site about the different tone of various
> types of
> harpsichords:
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/hpsi.html
>
> How does GG's Chickering compare with those as
> "harpsichordish"?  I'm
> really curious, and thanks for any clarification....
>
>
> Bradley Lehman, Dayton VA
> (harpsichordist)
>
> p.s. This was the same piano that is shown/heard in
> the "Off the Record"
> film, right?

Dear Brad:

Not being at all any type of expert on harpsichords as
yourself, I will defer to your expertise. But yes, the
piano is the very same as the one as in the tape "off
the record". I am curious as to "your" opinion as to
which, if any harpsichord quality it has. it seemed to
have one, to me, at any rate. the quality was more in
the resonance, in my humble opinion. and it was a mild
resemblance, not an overwhelming one, but it did
strike me,  non the less.

regards,





=====
Deborah Dana

"To Forgive is human, to err is computer"

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