What is the piano Mike Moran used ...

Dear all,

Does anyone know what the exact piano is that Mike Moran uses on the following two songs...

”Have a Nice Day”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW0ZmqQVp5A&

”When this old tired body wants to sleep”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcIkf9cbGvU

I love the fat/wide sound of the piano and I am sincerely wondering what piano he is actually using for these sessions.

"What is the name of the piano Mike Moran used"

Colin

Steinway.

@Sebastian I would assume it was Freddie's Steinway.

Hi Martin/Sebastian

I understand it is a Steinway, but why is the sound on these 2 songs so much more different compared to for instance the ”Barcelona” song or other songs this Steinway was used on. What I noticed is that in these 2 examples the piano sound is extremely fat/wide with great bass tones which makes me think Mike Moran used a different piano or the recording setup was totally different.

Dont you agree there is a big difference in this particular piano sound (in the 2 songs mentioned) compared to other piano played on this allegedly ”same” Steinway?

This is out of topic, but here´s a video of Mike Moran on Dragon´s Den. He´s the piano player.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi7SbGWteDM


He´s a brilliant musician.

just off topic ...


is this the same Mike Moran?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Stardust:_The_Motion_Picture#Technical_personnel

thank you

f.

I don't think it was Freddie's Steinway ... I seem to remember reading somewhere that Mike hired a Steinway for the recordings and had it moved to The Townhouse or something like that. Now, there's the chance that each song was done at a different studio (e.g., Town House and Mountain), which would explain the difference in mics, ambience, sound, console, tape-recorder and even piano (even if it's the same make and even model).