Comments on: An Advanced Audiophile Exercise Regimen http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/294 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:36:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on An Advanced Audiophile Exercise Regimen by: Mike http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/294#comment-1129 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:35:47 +0000 http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/294#comment-1129 ...PianoFederation... . :-) Every discipline takes its toll on the body and the best train for the physical demands, as well as the mental. Pretty soon we will have 'coaches' to train people how to modify their systems, Indy 500 style! Interconnect changes in under 10 seconds! [and I am just going to ignore the prospect of 1255 lbs of high quality, high precsion, ungainly masterpieces. But only $268,000 you say? Can you say... 'insurance'? :-) ] Take care, guys, Mike …PianoFederation… . :-)

Every discipline takes its toll on the body and the best train for the physical demands, as well as the mental.

Pretty soon we will have ‘coaches’ to train people how to modify their systems, Indy 500 style! Interconnect changes in under 10 seconds!

[and I am just going to ignore the prospect of 1255 lbs of high quality, high precsion, ungainly masterpieces. But only $268,000 you say? Can you say… ‘insurance’? :-) ]

Take care, guys,
Mike

]]> Comment on An Advanced Audiophile Exercise Regimen by: RaLannom http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/294#comment-1119 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:48:55 +0000 http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/294#comment-1119 Frequency of moving is an excelent point. To Dave, I am a technician of electronic player pianos (lots of interesting stuff going on now) and come across pianos of this magnitude less frequently than I would like. That is the bitter-sweet point of my life...Heavy but heavenly. The last Bosendorfer 290 I heard was at the NAMM trade show in Anaheim; Chopin Fantaisie-impromptu in C. Unbelievable! It is much more common for us to have Steinways and poor-quality Chinese furnature that is shaped and strung like a piano in our shop. For that reason, Mike may edge me out in the Audio Strongman Competition. Although we do about 100-150 pianos per year, that WBT/yoga/Cirque du Solie thing that Mike discribed takes the prize. (check out http://www.classicpianos.com/ a good friend and great tech) Okay Mike, I've got it out of my system. No more PianoFederation ;) Regards. RL Frequency of moving is an excelent point. To Dave, I am a technician of electronic player pianos (lots of interesting stuff going on now) and come across pianos of this magnitude less frequently than I would like. That is the bitter-sweet point of my life…Heavy but heavenly. The last Bosendorfer 290 I heard was at the NAMM trade show in Anaheim; Chopin Fantaisie-impromptu in C. Unbelievable! It is much more common for us to have Steinways and poor-quality Chinese furnature that is shaped and strung like a piano in our shop. For that reason, Mike may edge me out in the Audio Strongman Competition. Although we do about 100-150 pianos per year, that WBT/yoga/Cirque du Solie thing that Mike discribed takes the prize.

(check out http://www.classicpianos.com/ a good friend and great tech)

Okay Mike, I’ve got it out of my system. No more PianoFederation ;)
Regards.
RL

]]> Comment on An Advanced Audiophile Exercise Regimen by: Triode Dave http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/294#comment-1109 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:11:30 +0000 http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/294#comment-1109 Mike, I think Ryan has trumped you. Although it depends on how often he moves them. If he travels with a touring pianist who favors that beast, he's the champeen of the world. But, in both cases, ohmygod, the sound makes it worthwhile! Jo-Ann and I sang, (as part of a choir), at the Bosendorfer headquarters in Vienna last March and we rehearsed in their factory demo room. We all sorta forgot to sing the first time the accompanist played the intro to the first movement of Mozart's Coronation Mass. 40 dropped jaws and 80 wide-open eyes. That said, I'm glad I don't have 45 steps or a half ton piano. ;-) Mike, I think Ryan has trumped you. Although it depends on how often he moves them. If he travels with a touring pianist who favors that beast, he’s the champeen of the world. But, in both cases, ohmygod, the sound makes it worthwhile!

Jo-Ann and I sang, (as part of a choir), at the Bosendorfer headquarters in Vienna last March and we rehearsed in their factory demo room. We all sorta forgot to sing the first time the accompanist played the intro to the first movement of Mozart’s Coronation Mass. 40 dropped jaws and 80 wide-open eyes.

That said, I’m glad I don’t have 45 steps or a half ton piano. ;-)

]]> Comment on An Advanced Audiophile Exercise Regimen by: RaLannom http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/294#comment-1105 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:14:23 +0000 http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/294#comment-1105 Just A Thought Hmm, maybe I should stop complaining about those pianos? Y'know, those 9'6" 1255 pound $268,000 Bosendorfers that Victor Borge used to play. Pretty much one step to this competition: 1. Get this big, long instrument up onto its side to get it out the front door. Extra points are earned if you can get this piano past the tricky point of balance where its weight is the most and every muscle is hyperextended. This is just the time when you realize that your palms are getting sweaty (and slippery) as you begin to pannic. (Extra extra points earned if you do not pannic enough to lose your grip and end up under a very big instrument that has just fallen seven feet!) This is usually a competition for a pair of dedicacated guys. Maybe I will continue to complain...And I suggest you do the same. It takes guts, this audio stuff. Perhaps someday, we shall be given the highest honor of audiophiledom, the Distinguished Service Medal of Aural Arts, awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with a producer or reproducer of music. Shall be a fine day indeed. Ryan Lannom Just A Thought

Hmm, maybe I should stop complaining about those pianos? Y’know, those 9′6″ 1255 pound $268,000 Bosendorfers that Victor Borge used to play. Pretty much one step to this competition:

1. Get this big, long instrument up onto its side to get it out the front door.

Extra points are earned if you can get this piano past the tricky point of balance where its weight is the most and every muscle is hyperextended. This is just the time when you realize that your palms are getting sweaty (and slippery) as you begin to pannic.

(Extra extra points earned if you do not pannic enough to lose your grip and end up under a very big instrument that has just fallen seven feet!) This is usually a competition for a pair of dedicacated guys.

Maybe I will continue to complain…And I suggest you do the same. It takes guts, this audio stuff. Perhaps someday, we shall be given the highest honor of audiophiledom, the Distinguished Service Medal of Aural Arts, awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with a producer or reproducer of music.

Shall be a fine day indeed.

Ryan Lannom

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