Re: New Piano!
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Heh. Easy there John. Let him warm up with Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit or a few Liszt Transcendental Etudes first. Maybe Rachmaninoff's 3rd as a quickie.
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Yeah Adam, with that action the Rach 3rd should be a breeze.
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So Ken, that makes you, what... about a 75" pianist? Bren R.
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I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
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Jack, staying with the piano theme, today I gave Marshall's Gershwin collection as a gift(Tower had it back in stock)and I wondered if your order from Crotchet went well and what your impressions were.
Man my memory is getting bad. Yes, I got it and have listened to it a number of time. I'm particularly fond of the the variations on I Got Rhythm.
I also picked up this DTS/DVD-A Mozart Classics disc which I really love. I know it's one of those "greatest hits" type of things for the uneducated, but I really enjoy the light, gentle stuff on this disc. I'm considering picking up one or more of the other discs in the series (see the "related products links on the right side of the page).
Jack
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Well, I got a chance to check out Ken's new toy last night (with dinner thrown in for free!). I approve. I question Kawai's choice for the default piano sound, as I was unimpressed at first, but there are several different piano sounds, and a couple of them in particular are really good - with multiple samples per note and harmonics to add to the realism. The action is the real star, though. Probably the closest to a good acoustic grand piano action I've ever played on. The touch just felt natural. There are a couple instances where the limits came into play (repeating the same note very quickly for one), but all in all I was quite impressed. There are a few little quirks (mostly sound related - may be the speakers, actually), but the more I played the more I liked. Ken did good. I still like my digital, but for some reason it feels... dated now.
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Thanks for coming over, Adam, and for approving of my purchase! BTW, everyone, Adam is a damn good pianist. I agree with you on the sound quirks; I wouldn't doubt the speakers being the issue for a second. The woofers are actually in plastic boxes hanging under the keyboard, with the tweeters behind the plastic on the console, so it's not exactly the ideal arrangement. And before anyone asks, no, I'm not going to replace them with Axiom drivers.
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So are you going to replace them with...oh...nevermind.
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