77-121-145 etc.

[David Love]

I've always thought of bloom as a sort of swelling that takes place after
the note is struck.  It is related to sustain and happens as the partials
come into alignment following the initial attack.  In my experience it seems
to be a function of a lively soundboard and a properly voiced hammer.

David Love

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford@earthlink.net>
To: "pianotech list" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: March 17, 2002 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: 77-121-145 etc.


> On 3/17/02 2:52 PM, "JWyatt1492@AOL.COM" <JWyatt1492@AOL.COM> wrote:
>
> > Conover!  77 is a 5'8" and one of the very best. It, like
> > most Masons has a big fundamental in the bass. You
> > can voice this section and get the most beautiful "bloom"
> > you ever heard .
>
> Would anyone care to define "bloom"? I happen to have a pianist preparing
> for a concert on a new S&S D that, qccording to this pianist, doesn't have
> enough "bloom".  ??
>
> Kent Swafford
>
>