Tack Piano

[pennylink]

I recently picked up a copy of Future Music magazine that came with a CD containing "Tack Piano" samples recorded from an Abbey Road Studios piano apparently used on some Beatles recordings.

What's Tack Piano? I'm a guitarist primarily and I'm not familiar with this term

 

[rjt]

It is when you place thumb-tacks on the piano hammers, so instead of hard felt hitting the strings you have metal tacks. Gives a brighter, harsher kinda (dare I say?) metallic sound.

Take Care

 

[TexRoadkill]

It's got an old time honky tonk piano type of sound. They are usually playing them in the saloons in western movies.