Yamaha CFIII Voicing

[Wimblees@aol.com]

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In a message dated 3/21/03 10:32:12 AM Central Standard Time, 
gjtuner@attbi.com writes:

> I am the contract tech at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, CO. We have 
> a new 280 seat recital hall that has a very bright lively acoustic and is 
> easily overdriven by vocals and instrumentals.  I'm having a "dickens" of a 
> time keeping the Yamaha CFIII (circa 1987) with Yamaha hammers voiced down 
> fairly mellow yet articulate to please the pianists.  They want lots of 
> color with projection, but not too loud. 

Tom

The problem is not the piano. It's the room. I am going to predict that the 
walls of the recital room are concrete, or some other stone type material. 
Right? 

Our recital hall with concrete walls had the same problem. We had a B in 
there that was absolutely ear shattering. I tried and tried to get it voiced 
down. When we bought a new B, the head of the department, (a very good 
pianist), picked it out in NY, and made sure it was a "mellow" piano. Two 
things. One, the new piano was very bright. The "old" piano was put in a 
teaching studio, and it sounded just right. 

Early this year I took a weekend and put carpeting on the walls. Problem 
solved. No more bright piano. (Not only does the piano sound much better, but 
the recital hall is used for a lot of lectures, and the report is that 
students are actually hearing the instructor better.)

I don't know if there a way to get carpetring hung in your recital hall, but 
at least you'll know it's not your fault that the piano cannot be voiced 
down. 

Wim 

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