Klarinet Archive - Posting 000383.txt from 2000/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Real musicians don't.....
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 16:20:43 -0400

At 10:09 AM 10/8/2000 -0700, William Wright wrote:
>...But these were special because of the mechanical skills and
>inventiveness and visual impact. I suppose that there is skill in
>moving a few keys electronically, but the particular instrument that I
>saw last night reeked of 'phony'. In the original player pianos and
>mechanized 'bands', you could see everything working and you could
>admire it. The emphasis was on the builder's skills, not on phony
>opulence.
> and I suppose that it hurts more when a person is working hard to
>learn to play music himself.
>
> It just hit me wrong.... what else can I say?
>
It IS quite a bit more fun to watch the mechanical contrivances of an
earlier age do their thing, but the newer electronic ones actually do it
much better. I used to spend a lot of time in a museum much like you
describe myself, and marveled at the ingenuity displayed. But remember,
they still record the performances by having someone actually PLAY on a
recording version of the machine, just like in the old days, at least on
the Yamaha Disklavier. As before, post-production can be used to correct
mistakes, etc.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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