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Funnily enough, I feel like Gareth Davies, the presumably semi-amateur player in the video set, is the only one who really gets the piano, and focuses on those

Funnily enough, I feel like Gareth Davies, the presumably semi-amateur player in the video set, is the only one who really gets the piano, and focuses on those unusually melodic bass notes.

fumeux_fume 5y ago
Lol, completely agree. Scarlatti?! How silly! I have a very nice tube amp sitting on my desk (#pandemic-hifi) so I thought I'd take your rec and listen to Mr. Davies instead. The long bass strings produce a better sustained note which creates very nice harmonics!
- johncalvinyoung 5y ago
  Has #pandemicHIFI been a thing? I know I've made a few purchases this year that I probably wouldn't have on my old routine.
ericbarrett 5y ago
Agreed. Hyperion Knight playing Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)[0] is also a really good demonstration of the incredible clarity of the bass keys. It's really astonishing to hear. In fact I feel some of the concert pianists playing it are a little sloppy on the low notes—probably because they're not used to being judged on them! My old Wurlitzer upright could never compare :) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPb2hMJ9Ojk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPb2hMJ9Ojk around 3:00
- throw0101a 5y ago
  Listening on headphones is weird: usually, for an instrument, the sound comes from one direction. Here some notes were more in the centre, while others (lower ones) were coming from the left channel.
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  - CarVac 5y ago
    In one of the youtube videos, the uploader (piano maker?) comments that the real stereo effect of the piano is hard to capture in recordings.
- superhuzza 5y ago
  Hyperion Knight - What a name, he sounds like a science fiction character!
hanslub42 5y ago
Yes, and no. The less unharmonic bass strings make a noticeable difference for the middle and high register too, when the dampers are lifted by the sustain pedal and the bass strings resonate with the higher ones. This "roominess" is also noticeable on the old long-neck lutes like the chitarrone, which had long bass strings for the same reason as this piano: avoiding wound strings (in their case, because those hadn't been invented yet)
Synaesthesia 5y ago
His performance of Maple Leaf Rag rocks! Pretty good player.

Funnily enough, I feel like Gareth Davies, the presumably semi-amateur player in the video set, is the only one who really gets the piano, and focuses on those unusually melodic bass notes.

fumeux_fume 5y ago

Lol, completely agree. Scarlatti?! How silly! I have a very nice tube amp sitting on my desk (#pandemic-hifi) so I thought I'd take your rec and listen to Mr. Davies instead. The long bass strings produce a better sustained note which creates very nice harmonics!

johncalvinyoung 5y ago
Has #pandemicHIFI been a thing? I know I've made a few purchases this year that I probably wouldn't have on my old routine.

ericbarrett 5y ago

Agreed. Hyperion Knight playing Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)[0] is also a really good demonstration of the incredible clarity of the bass keys. It's really astonishing to hear. In fact I feel some of the concert pianists playing it are a little sloppy on the low notes—probably because they're not used to being judged on them! My old Wurlitzer upright could never compare :) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPb2hMJ9Ojk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPb2hMJ9Ojk around 3:00

throw0101a 5y ago
Listening on headphones is weird: usually, for an instrument, the sound comes from one direction. Here some notes were more in the centre, while others (lower ones) were coming from the left channel.
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- CarVac 5y ago
  In one of the youtube videos, the uploader (piano maker?) comments that the real stereo effect of the piano is hard to capture in recordings.
superhuzza 5y ago
Hyperion Knight - What a name, he sounds like a science fiction character!

hanslub42 5y ago

Yes, and no. The less unharmonic bass strings make a noticeable difference for the middle and high register too, when the dampers are lifted by the sustain pedal and the bass strings resonate with the higher ones. This "roominess" is also noticeable on the old long-neck lutes like the chitarrone, which had long bass strings for the same reason as this piano: avoiding wound strings (in their case, because those hadn't been invented yet)

Synaesthesia 5y ago

His performance of Maple Leaf Rag rocks! Pretty good player.