[sdiy] piano reverb

[jhno]

>On a sort-of similar theme, I've removed the harp from a piano and have it
>standing in a stairwell outside the main studio door.  Now all I need (five
>years later) is to find the best way of using it as a (very coloured)
>reverb.  Does anyone have experience of this, and any advice to give?

i have done this with a harp from a yamaha cp-70. this series from yamaha
can often be found dirt cheap because they are heavy and big and despite
the fact that they used to be the cadillac of electric pianos, when
digitals came along they were quickly swept aside and now their sound is
not really considered hip at all. there is only some nostalgia for peter
gabriel and howard jones - the former in particular who used it to great
effect.

so the thing about these harps is that they have an electromagnetic pickup
on _every string_. this means you can blast sounds into them and get only
the strings at the outputs. you can do as you like with the dampers, its
all a real piano action and real piano harp and you can tune it with a
regular piano hammer.

so much for my secret weapon... :)

have fun,
jhno