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Live music at the McEvoy auditorium
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Author:  tomp [ February 4th, 2018, 12:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium
All this points to the reason why I work so hard on a home system. Yes, it will never sound like live with the pluses and minuses that those entail. But, I can pick any performance of any music that I have access to when the moment suits me. And even with the cost of the system, it is a lot less than flying around the world to hear a given performance in a given venue at a given time. And I can repeat a segment or all of it for free as many times as I want. If you don't like that performance or that quality of recording there are usually lots of other choices. Neither is a replacement for the other.
Author:  TubeDriver [ February 4th, 2018, 12:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium
That was the first thing I thought, my seats were visually great but I like 20 row+ with an orchestra but she confirmed exactly what I heard.

What is the sound of a harpsichord? Two skeletons having sex on a tin roof!


SoundMods wrote:
TubeDriver wrote:
Unamplified Live music is a “reference” but you can still get weird sound. I recently saw the BSO with Gabriela Montero at the Strathmore. My seats were 10th row dead center, my mom (has a music degree in performance piano) was seated in the first balcony and we both thought the piano had a wierd thin, almost harpsichordy like sound to it? The performance was good overall and enjoyable but the piano sounded off.



Unfortunately the BSO keeps a Steinway for visiting artists. (I am not a fan) Back in the day they had a Bosendorfer that "sang" with an amazing sweet yet big voice.

Plus -- your Mom had better seats so I would blame the piano. Row 10 is about middle hall where there is a bass nul that would make anything sound thin.
Author:  SoundMods [ February 4th, 2018, 2:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium
[quote="TubeDriver"]That was the first thing I thought, my seats were visually great but I like 20 row+ with an orchestra but she confirmed exactly what I heard.

What is the sound of a harpsichord? Two skeletons having sex on a tin roof!


Actually -- a lot of people do not realize that Harpsicords do not have hammers to strike the strings but leather tabs that pluck the strings.
Author:  TubeDriver [ February 5th, 2018, 11:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium
Walt, do you breakdown and analyze knock-knock jokes too? :lol: :roll:
Author:  SoundMods [ February 5th, 2018, 11:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium
TubeDriver wrote:
Walt, do you breakdown and analyze knock-knock jokes too? :lol: :roll:



Laugh all you want -- there are a lot of people that do not know how a Harpsichord operates. :geek:
Author:  ratbagp [ February 5th, 2018, 11:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium
As well as leather, quill was traditionally used for the plectrum that plucks the strings. These days, plastic such as delrin is also used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord

ray
Author:  SoundMods [ February 5th, 2018, 1:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium
ratbagp wrote:
As well as leather, quill was traditionally used for the plectrum that plucks the strings. These days, plastic such as delrin is also used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord

ray



I had a late buddy that was not only an audiophile, and a musician, but his main hobby was designing and building from scratch reproductions of vintage instruments.

He did not do this from kits -- dead scratch. His first project was a portable Harpsicord that he eventually used for recitals given by Musica Antiqua. He fabricated each and every leather pluck.
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