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    Piano prep.

    Christopher Johnson has been doing an amazing job bringing the piano up to snuff. He put in a full day yesterday on the action; regulation, string seating, hammer shaping, etc… Sunday is voicing and tuning! Better than new! here is a pic midway through the shaping process:

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    Time to start trading!

    I have been prepping for the debut performance of Saul Goody And The Purple Traders. Friday, March 26 at the Roll Up in the Vulcan Studios. East Oakland, CA. While doing some stem research(!) I ran a mix of “Piano 12” the third installment of the SGPT saga. It lives in the jukebox. Best listened…

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    PIANO PIANO PIANO!!!

    Tomorrow we will be receiving a beautiful Yamaha C3 concert grand piano. This instrument is great for solo and combo work. The Yamaha was specifically chosen for it’s tonality and action. The C3 was chosen for the ratio of piano dimensions to room dimensions at Megasonic. This is a very exciting addition to the studio…

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    Ken Berman Trio

    I just got a production copy of the Ken Berman Trio CD “Looking Forward”. The trio is: Ken, Kai Eckhardt on electric bass and Akira Tana on drums. We recorded this gem of a group at Bay Records on November 21st 2008 and April 3, 2009. Ken and I mixed it in a few sessions…