Bloom

[gutlo]

Amen again, and furthermore:
When showed the difference (a properly rebuilt old American Steinway, M&H,
Knabe etc) many customers prefer the "mellow sound" of these vintage
instruments to the new "bright" sound.

Curiously, I've found that it's the enlightened amateur more likely than the
seasonded professional who  can hear and appreciate the difference.

Arthur Grudko
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: Bloom


> At 01:24 AM 3/22/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> >I 've read somewhere that this phenomen of increasing sustain is often
found
> >in older pianos with only a little or
> >even no crown or downbearing. I've heard this effect on different older
> >pianos, even with used hammers and not perfectly being tuned. Any way,
this
> >is for me one of the nicest things in piano sound.
> >Pierre Gevaert
>
> Chances are that the hammers were soft to begin with, or voiced properly
> and always produced this sound.
>
> The strident, brilliant, glass-breaking tonal qualities of modern hammers
> do not produce this sound.
> Modern taste has developed a linear tonal preference, maybe due to the
> increasing digital/electronic presence.
>
> Thirty years ago, a piano teacher stated it best, "Those Asian pianos
sound
> like their language."
> Take that for what it's worth but that is what I think is what we're
> contending with, high piercing sound.
>
> The last S&S sold from my shop was due to the fact that it was warm and
> melodic/romantic; not the
> piercing, ear-shattering tones which everyone has become accustomed to
> while competing with Asian pianos.
> After trying different ones in the 'Big City', this piano was a welcome
> oasis to the players.
>
> Brighter is not better.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page,   piano technician
> Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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