[silence] prepared piano samples

[Daniel Wolf]

While such a sample set might be useful for some practicing, it strikes 
me that samples of single tones will necessarily miss much of the 
interactive quality of tones, which when played both simultaneously and 
overlapping can create sympathetic resonances, interference beating, and 
a plethora of complex sounds and noises that would require a very large 
and unwhieldy sample set to recreate.  Sometimes doing it the old way 
can be more efficient.

Daniel Wolf

> 
> "The original prepared piano and the only samples ever to be authorized by the estate of world-
> renown composer, John Cage. This particular collection of sounds was created for use in his 
> magnum opus composition, Sonatas & Interludes (February 1946-March 1948). Using his original 
> materials and following the precise instructions found at the head of his published score, various 
> "mutes" were inserted between the strings of the keys, then each note pristinely recorded and 
> programmed to bring you the instrument as Cage himself both envisioned and performed. Forty-five 
> of the piano's eighty-eight keys were prepared, eleven with double preparations; three dynamic 
> levels in five articulations comprise a total of 1,320 samples. This landmark achievement makes an 
> authentic prepared piano, and by extension the works of John Cage, available to sampler owners in 
> one of the most unique virtual instruments ever created."
>