Recorded my piano

29 August 2019, 10:08 PM

ShiroKuro

Recorded my piano

The tuner came and tuned my piano today, it sounds fantastic!!

These were recorded on my cellphone so not the best quality recording or playing.

The tuner will come back next month for regulation and then I’ll decide whether or how much voicing I want done. But it sounds really great after being just tuned, I am so pleased!!

Anyway, give a listen if you have a minute. (Standard disclaimers about sloppy playing and crummy cellphone recoding apply!

Through the Dark (by Helen Jane Long)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9sat...oughtheDark.mp3?dl=0

Nuvole Bianche (by Ludovico Einaudi)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/afny...voleBianche.mp3?dl=0

29 August 2019, 10:44 PM

rontuner

Congrats, sounds great!

Voicing can be tricky. Initially we try to make a smooth progression from the body in the bass through the midrange into the clarity of the treble.

What is even more important is to try to communicate between owner and technician what you are seeking between dark and bright. The best voicers not only allow a range of soft to loud, but also a change in tone (voice) of the piano based on touch...

30 August 2019, 10:25 AM

ShiroKuro

Thanks for listening Ron!

quote:
even more important is to try to communicate between owner and technician what you are seeking between dark and bright.

Yes, this will be the challenge for me, I think.

Just from talking with him so far, though, I think it will go well. He wants to take a conservative approach, I interpret his explanations as wanting to make sure he doesn't over-voice. But he listened to me play a few sections of pieces that are up in the upper registers, which is where I think I will want to hear the most difference post-voicing, and we talked about the sound and what I want etc.

In any case, he wants me to hear it/play it after it's been regulated, and maybe even play it for a week or so after, before doing very much of anything voicing-wise.

Still, it sounds pretty great right now. (The recording definitely doesn't do it justice).

30 August 2019, 11:20 AM

AdagioM

Sounds great, and I can hear the joy coming through your fingertips!

30 August 2019, 12:14 PM

Nina

Sounds wonderful! Both the playing and the piano. I always appreciate nice lower tones, which a grand piano almost always delivers better than an upright. Yours sounds great--it's the support for the entire piece.

How exciting!

30 August 2019, 01:53 PM

Steve Miller

Very nice!

30 August 2019, 04:27 PM

CHAS

Well played.
Your excitement is evident. It complements the piece.
Enjoy!!

30 August 2019, 05:04 PM

ShiroKuro

Thanks for listening everyone!!

Now I need to get all the more challenging pieces I'm working on up to recordable level. And then check out the Zoom from the library.

30 August 2019, 05:13 PM

wtg

quote:
Originally posted by AdagioM:
Sounds great, and I can hear the joy coming through your fingertips!

I heard the same thing!

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31 August 2019, 06:47 AM

Daniel

Wonderful!

31 August 2019, 09:15 AM

jodi

So pretty! Really like that first piece.

31 August 2019, 12:45 PM

ShiroKuro

Thank you again everyone for listening and for the lovely comments!

Jodi, re the first piece, there's a violin in the original recording. The violin part is kind of boring, but my violin friend is pretty good at improvising, so we're planning to get together next weekend and this piece will be on our list of things to play together. As you might imagine, I'm really looking forward to that!!

02 September 2019, 09:07 AM

big al

Lovely, SK. I'm so glad your piano search ended in great success. Your diligence will be rewarded for a long time. It's a pleasure to know that someone is enjoying doing something they love.

Big Al

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