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Don Satz:

>I've been unclear for years why a large number don't like the Nimbus
>piano sound.  But, "cavernous" clarifies matters.  I suppose I like that
>cavernous sound, but I don't consider the sound "hollow"; I think it's
>very well focused.

I've not had a problem with the limited number of Nimbus piano CDs I've
heard.  I think "cavernous" suggests a piano being played in a room where
there's too much reverberation or as someone mentioned in another thread,
like listening to a piano trio in a large sparsely-populated hall.  The
opposite condition seems to be a room which is "airless".  I don't use
either term myself but reviewers sometimes do, and a little discussion
of what of these and other such terms mean to us might be enlightening.

Richard Pennycuick
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