What Dave said . . . . You'll have the unique opportunity to have a 9' piano actually voiced to sound like a pianoforte -- that is, with both forte and pianissimo. Del _____ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David M. Porritt Sent: June 12, 2007 2:04 PM To: 'College and University Technicians' Subject: Re: [CAUT] recital hall size/ piano size Barbara: You say "small" but in my view that's only 150 seats short of maximum for an unamplified 9' piano. Our larger recital hall is 500 seats and has a D & a CFIIIS. We have a small recital hall of 168-seats with a B and that's certainly not overpowering. If you have too small a piano it has to be voiced up to where there are no dark colors available. A 9' piano in a 350-seat auditorium (especially if the acoustics turn out as promised) can be voiced warmly but still have enough power for Liszt. dave ____________________ David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu _____ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Barbara Richmond Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 3:35 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: [CAUT] recital hall size/ piano size Hi all, I'm serving as a consultant to a local junior college that is building a new facility and purchasing instruments for it. The recital hall will seat 350. Even at this small size (well, small compared to other places I've worked), I would think it would be preferable to be looking at 9' pianos, compared to something in the 7' range. I could be mistaken, though. (I'm a great consultant, hey?) I've been told the acoustics will be good (that's what they all say...). What do you think? Thanks, Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, IL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070612/3371d38d/attachment-0001.html
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