Nord Stage v3.1x
6. The Instruments: The Piano section
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S
ELECTING
PIANO
INSTRUMENTS
You use the
S
ELECTOR
button to select an instrument category and then use the
T
YPE
button to select
a specific instrument or variation within the selected category.
A
BOUT
THE
F
ACTORY
SOUND
LIBRARY
As mentioned previously, the Piano section is open-ended in that you can load new or improved in-
struments using the Nord Stage Manager utility. Below follows a description of the Piano Instruments
that are included with the Nord Stage from factory:
Category Description
GRAND
Acoustic grand pianos
UPRIGHT
Acoustic upright pianos
E.GRAND
Electric grand pianos
E.PIANO
Electric Pianos
WURL
Wurlitzer electric pianos
CLAV
Clavinets
Category Type
#
Description
Grand
1
Yamaha C7 Concert Grand, sampled in stereo.
Grand
2
Steinway Concert Model D, also in stereo with close miking.
Upright
1
A piano manufactured by Svenska Pianofabriken (Swedish Piano Factory). It
was carefully tuned to sound like a typical “parlour” piano.
E.Grand
1
Yamaha CP-80 Electric Grand.
E.Piano
1
Electric Piano Mk I Stage Piano SeventyThree. It was built in May 1978 and
was adjusted to “deep timbre adjustment”. The so called volume adjustment is
set to ‘Low’. These settings gives the piano a warm sound with a rich funda-
mental.
E.Piano
2
Electric Piano Mk II Stage Piano built in April 1981 and adjusted to ‘shallow’
timbre. Remember this sound? It became famous thanks to the great Chick
Corea. The volume adjustment is set to ‘close’.