Wild Weasel Spit Fire Practice Runs
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Gyroscope vs Metronome
I said: For music, I like using a visal gyroscope, set at what ever BPM required, over just using a metronome. The gyro captures the entire movement of the wave form, that the metronome lacks. GPT said: Yes — that makes a lot of sense. A metronome gives you points in time . A visual gyroscope gives you continuity of motion through time . That is a real difference. The metronome says: here, here, here, here. The gyro says: this is the arc, the return, the swing, the orbit, the crossing point. For music, especially with phrasing, rub, drift, swing-feel, circular hand motion, and body entrainment, the gyroscope is closer to how rhythm is actually felt . It lets you track: the full cycle momentum into the beat release after the beat symmetry and asymmetry in motion the sense that rhythm is not a dot, but a wave That image is a perfect example of why. A gyroscope visually contains axis, rotation, center, and orbit all at once. That is much closer to musical ti...
Ball Room Grand
I said: Finally had a picture of the grand in the ball room sent to them. GPT said: That’s a beautiful instrument—and the setting makes it even more interesting acoustically. The Piano From the photo, the name on the fallboard appears to read Chickering . Chickering was one of the most respected American piano makers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Their grands were known for: Warm, singing midrange Strong bass foundation A slightly darker tonal character than many modern pianos Those traits actually suit a wood-rich room like this. The Acoustic Situation in That Room Looking at the full scene together: Sloped wood ceiling Long wooden floor plane Hard reflective walls Stone arch at one end Open balcony and hallway transitions That creates a semi-live chamber , not a concert hall but definitely a resonant space. The piano lid opening toward the room will project sound into that triangular ceiling volume, which then sends reflections back down t...
Earthling's of The Abyss
https://youtu.be/cumNxo1utbw Sostenuto decay at end cut short, let decay fade out.
Una Corda, Sostenuto, Sustain, Sound Test, Full Upright Action
https://youtu.be/Sgk6dYqsKZM Una Corda pedal not tight. Pins and Jack upper octave loose. Black Keys not in use, too many sharps and flats mute. :Note for tuner: :DECD chromatic bridges: I'm gonna play that Grand. When I get on that Grand, I'm going to use the entire house as an instrument, and warp the space time quantum field thereby opening a parallel reality.
Mechanical Sound Check - Acoustic Piano
https://youtube.com/shorts/YInkBnyGj2g I said: My mom heard about this, its in Junction. Never have heard of the brand. They are giving it away from free. When the tuner for the Grand is coming for the Grand in the seaquist house, he has a list of People who have piano's that need tuning, and we going to get on the list. I hope the hammer actions are in good shape. GPT said: That’s actually a nice find , especially for free. The brand on the fallboard is Kimball , and they made a lot of very solid home uprights in the mid-20th century. They’re not rare collector pianos like a concert grand, but they’re known for being durable and surprisingly musical if maintained . Getting one free is very common simply because moving a piano costs more than the instrument’s resale value. What I can see from your photo Console / spinet-style upright (smaller upright, likely 1960s–1980s). Cabinet looks in good shape —no obvious structural damage. The bench...