Question

[David Ilvedson]

That is the trick isn't it.  How to get a piano to project without breaking
up in FFF?  Do we just say this is the piano's sound and take or leave it,
or do you do something?  If so what?

I have a another question for everyone: You have a new piano, it is played
for a season and during that time what typically are you doing to maintain
the voice?  Where will you be needling or whatever? Different strokes for
different manufacturers, let me hear it.  How will you decide when to put on
a new set of hammers during the life of that instrument?

Thanks in advance.

David (the question guy) Ilvedson

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Michael
Jorgensen
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 10:17 AM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Question


Hi Horace,
      I want to hear you take on this also.  Having read various ideas,
it's obvious we can't be sure without having heard the concert.   The
piano tuner, and piano cannot bare all blame as the pianist has
opportunity to request voicing modifications prior to any professional
concert, unless they're just too nice to complain----rare indeed!
      One thought,  some pianos can be real deceivers both to pianists
and voicers.  The sound at the bench isn't the same as out in the hall.
Some bright ones are very loud at the bench and thin in the hall, some
dull ones are dull at the bench and booming with power in the hall.
-Mike Jorgensen