Members Deeprig9 Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Our singer/pianist has a masters and teaches/performs for a living. He was saying the other day how you can knock on a piano and tell if it's worth a {censored}, or how it will sound when played. He explained that it's an acoustic percussion instrument, and just like a drum or an acoustic guitar, or upright bass, the wood and the craftsmanship is apparent to an experienced person, and mostly just by knocking on it and listening to the sound. What do you think about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deeprig9 Posted March 24, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sorry for dragging my ass like a worm-infested hound dog over dry slate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 What do you think about this? In my 44+ years of playing and buying pianos, I've never heard of such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -groovatious- Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Well, in all my years of growing up around piano experienced technicians, I can say that this is complete.... Bull{censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deeprig9 Posted March 24, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Interesting..... let it out... I'm going to use this against him in the future... keep it coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mate_stubb Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hmmm. Thump it like a melon or actually play it to figure out how it sounds... decisions, decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sizzlemeister Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sorry for dragging my ass like a worm-infested hound dog over dry slate. I think if you could drag a worm-infested hound dog's ass over dry slate you could tell if the piece of slate is worth a {censored}. Or, alternately, you could drag a worm-infested hound dog over your ass and see if you're worth a {censored}ty slate. See how it works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cygnus64 Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Our singer/pianist has a masters and teaches/performs for a living. OK. Is he any good at it?? Getting a masters in music isnt much harder than getting a degree in Basketball. Most performance classes are graded by attendance, so show up and get an automatic A. He explained that it's an acoustic percussion instrument, and just like a drum or an acoustic guitar, or upright bass, the wood and the craftsmanship is apparent to an experienced person, and mostly just by knocking on it and listening to the sound. He is correct in one way: a well-built instrument can be spotted by the eye. By looking at a stringed instrument, I can tell you if it was well crafted by examining the purfling, pegs, F holes, etc. Surely a pianist can do the same and see if it was well crafted. It doesnt mean it will SOUND good, but you generally have to have that first. Not having that assures you it is going to sound like crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 It's true. Every word. In fact I can tell if it's a good piano just by the smell, even before I enter the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sizzlemeister Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 He is correct in one way: a well-built instrument can be spotted by the eye. By looking at a stringed instrument, I can tell you if it was well crafted by examining the purfling, pegs, F holes, etc. Surely a pianist can do the same and see if it was well crafted. It doesnt mean it will SOUND good, but you generally have to have that first. Not having that assures you it is going to sound like crap. See, this is why it's easy to say recent Korg products are {censored}, because they are built like {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Well I have heard the joke that you can look at a group of old Gibson arch-tops and decide which ones sound best by finding the most beat-up of the bunch. The question is, do they sound good because they are beat up or are they beat up because the sound good and everyone has played them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted March 24, 2008 Members Share Posted March 24, 2008 Compare it to being as reliable as kicking the tire of a car is to see if it'll last another 50,000 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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