CineSamples Piano In Blue KONTAKT



We were provided a unique opportunity to preserve an important piece of musical history in its final days. Word had come to us that the historic Clinton Recording Studios in midtown Manhattan was forever closing its doors, destined to be transformed into a modern condominium complex.

One of the many treasures contained therein was this particular Steinway Model D Concert Grand which used to live in the Columbia Records 30th Street Studios. The CBS 30th Street Studio, "The Church” was perhaps the most influential recording studio of the 50’s and 60’s producing dozens of legendary albums in various genres.

Of those recordings this piano played a critical role in two albums which are still considered among the finest recordings of all time. First being the original Glenn Gould "Goldberg Variations,” the most critically received classical album of all time. Four years later came Miles Davis’ "Kind of Blue” which forever altered music.

In 1981 Columbia closed its doors and this piano was brought to Clinton. In addition to the grand two of the original Columbia Nuemann U49 microphones made the journey also. These were two of the five (or six) microphones originally used on the Kind of Blue date. We were fortunate enough to sample this special grand using these two original microphones.

A friend of ours, John Davis, did a scoring session at Clinton and let us know about the closing as this day was to be the final date. As the conversation drifted from the saddening state of affairs for large stages we came to talk about why this particular stage was a special place. Although I had previously worked at the this studio I was never aware that the grand in the corner was the "one piano” used in so many of my favorite recordings.

At the time we were in Seattle conducting some non-cinesamples recordings. Mike and I walked over to secure a copy of Ashley Kahn’s paperback Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. This book pushed us across the threshold and the vision for this session started to become a reality.

As Patti headed back home to put the finishing touches on the Seattle project Barry caught a red-eye that night for Manhattan. We had arranged to extend the closing date of Clinton by one day, just ensuring us enough time to sample this extraordinary instrument. Much of the gear being used was already up on Ebay. It was the last session ever recorded at Clinton.


PIANO SPECS:

•1949 Steinway D via Neve 8078 Console
•8 Velocity Layers Sampled Chromatically
•9300 Samples
•3 Microphone Positions
•Close/Vintage – 2x Neumann M49 near the lid
•Mid – 2x B&K 4007 at the tail of the piano
•Far – 2x Sennheiser MKH20′s in the hall
•2 Processing Paths (Tape; Direct in)
•Studer A800MKIII 24 Track Analog Tape Machine
•Programmed by Sam Estes; scripted by Greg Schlaepfer; recorded by Tim Starnes

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