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Rodney Myrvaagnes <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:00:07 +0400
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> 
> Nick writes:
> >  Just  2x8'  get so boring
> 
> Must disagree rather emphatically. No more boring than just 3 x 8' on
> a good piano. Changes in kinds of registration are a nice thing as a
> special treat, but they are pretty trivial and useless in the process
> of making a large work not boring.
>

I don't know for sure, but I suspect Nick was just trying to tweak us. He knows that many of us have made lots of 2x8 Italians by choice, and have our reasons for doing so.

 
> What makes it work is what the player can do with the resources at hand.
> 
> Owen, who even when he has the option, rarely plays with much besides
> 2 x 8', and who, when he is boring, manages that for completely other
> reasons.
> 
> 
> 
> --
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> 557 Statesman St. NE
> Salem, OR 97301
> 503-362-9396
> http://www.dalyharpsichords.com

>



Rodney Myrvaagnes

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