Voicing

Different Hammers

Different Hammers

It is nearly two years since I attended a "Voicing and Tone Production" seminar at Steinway and Sons in New York. The day I walked through the doors at 18-1 Steinway Place, Astoria was a day of new discoveries and ideas in my career. My lecturer was Steinway and Sons...

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Reflections

Reflections

The days they pass so quickly now. That reminds me of words from a John Denver song. Exactly twelve months ago I was boarding a Qantas jet to commence my Churchill Fellowship and I used the words from the song “Today” in my travel blog and now I am thinking of the...

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Treble too dull?

Treble too dull?

I have seen this situation a couple of times with the same small grand. The piano is an entry level 150cm grand made by a respected manufacturer, that's five feet long in the old language, and the owners say to me that the treble and high treble is weak in sound. The...

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