Sakamoto Film Music Recording Session Photos

Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts - a beautiful hall with wonderful acoustics

left: Ricard de La Rosa, wonderful executive producer & president of Pro Piano Records                                                     right: Tom Lazarus, fantastic engineer, Classic Sound

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Beatles Piano Transcription Recording Session
American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York 

With the engineer, Marc          hmmmm                   Piano technician, Kaz       In the control room         Recording producer, JD

Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts

	This is the famous "Revenaugh Lid" by Mr.Daniel Revenaugh. This is the lid used under the piano for this session to effect the intensity and projection of the sound. There is much debate about the device, even scandal, and wide use is still under argument. But as far as I am concerned, it is very much helpful depending on the repertoire. Regarding some others, Ms. Argerich loves it!
My manuscript	During the rehearsal	In the control room
With the engineer, Tom	The recording producer, JD
		The technical director at Mechanics Hall, Joe