In Reply to: Re: In love with Bosendorfer posted by Mike K on November 15, 2002 at 15:51:35:
Any pianist will tell you that all pianos sound a little different just like all acoustic string instruments sound a little different. Because they are hand made and use organic materials which very from tree to tree.Oscar Peterson prefers to use a Bosendorfer, Ahmad Jamal prefers the STeinway. There is a cut on Jamal's "Nature" entitled "Chaperon" where Jamal found a particularly awesome sounding Steinway while the group was touring France. They brought in the recording gear and Jamal made something up on the spot simply to capture the sound of this instrument-in particular, it's bass strings. The bass notes on this cut sound like this piano is the size of a house. While I never heard it live, I've heard a lot of STeinways and Bosendorfers live and on recordings and I would bet this particular Steinway could hold its own against a lot of Bosendorfers out there.
The Hamburg Steinways (which I would guess this one was) are considered to be better sounding than the American made Steinways because of the hard woods from the Black Forest used in their manufacture.
Once again, the original woods use and how the piano's wood ages over time is what gives each piano it's own particular sound. These aspects are just as critical to a piano's ultimate sound over time than the particular manufacturer.
My 2 cents.
Steve
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- A lot of the sound depends on the piano itself... - stevenk 05:23:30 11/16/02 (0)