The Lower Lid designed by Daniell Revenaugh

Michael J. Wathen Michael.Wathen@uc.edu
Tue Dec 9 04:36 MST 1997


The article appeared in Monday's paper on the front page lower right hand
corner. It was an in depth item. It is about an inventor who made a piano
lid for the bottom of the piano.  It is a mirror image of the top lid. 


Here are my thoughts about the lid:

I am willing to bet that the real reason for Carniege not allowing it to be
used there is that it just doesn't look like it ought to look.  The inventor
is not going to say that, neither will the Carniege management.  If you read
the article you will see that it has been in the Hall but not for an
official concert.  I'm sure that they formed their opinions then.

The other thing is that the cost for this item is high and its application
is to concert instruments only.

Finally, the fact that artist likes it dose not necessarily mean that it is
better for the concert goer.  Often times the artist likes something because
it sounds good to his or her ears right there on stage.  They believe that
if they can hear themselves very well so can the listener. It seems to me
the real situation is that listener usually gets the short end of the stick.

Steinway is to applauded for giving it serious attention.   
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