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From: shauns@vice.UUCP (Shaun Simpkins)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Extra Keys?
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 15:22:31 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 28 15:22:31 1985
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Sorry, but there ARE extra keys on the bass end of the Imperial.  I've played
one at our local dealer.  WOW.  I've been told that the extra half-octave is
there for increased depth in the bass.  Notes in the higher octaves induce
sympathetic vibrations in the extra bass strings.  As far as I'm concerned,
those extra strings are not playable directly for anything musical, giving off
a (seemingly) tremoloed low rumble with a very sharp, irritating initial
thwack from the hammer strike.  But, boy, what they do to the bass and mid-bass!
Glorious!

Interesting aside - someone commented to me that Bosendorfers are not often
found on the concert stage since they do not project well.  Thus, they are
found more in the recording studio and small chambers where the microphones
and more intimately positioned audience can pick up all that beautiful
articulation.

The wandering squash,
-- 
				Shaun Simpkins

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