Volume Reducing Ideas?

[Farrell]

That sounds like a good idea - you might even want to pull it through under the struts but still on top of the strings - so that the blanket/wide felt strip/whatever lays on all the strings.

Another thought I had was maybe shove a set of appropriate-thickness chunks of rubber between the framing and soundboard ribs (I should think that would tend to quite the board down?).

Another thing to do would be to keep lid closed and put one of those quilted covers over the whole piano (except the front part so that he could play - or maybe cover that also - that would really quiet things down!).

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Milkie" <pgmilkie@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: Volume Reducing Ideas?


Open the lid, prop it,lay a blanket over the harp
and strings.The blanket will not be in the way of the
dampers.Now close the lid.An older customer of mine
uses this method and he is very pleased.

Voicing the hammers is certainly a thought.
The strip muting will definetly bring the sound
down.

Best regards
Paul
--- Mark Wisner <MWisner@yamaha.com> wrote:
> I have an elderly customer who has his Baldwin grand
> at the nursing home with 
> him.  We've already added the acoustic foam baffles
> from Edwards String 
> Covers underneath the piano, which reduced the
> volume, but not enough to 
> satisfy the people who work there.  I'm hesitant to
> recommend adding the top 
> cover that they sell, since it doesn't appear from
> their test results that it 
> will reduce the volume significantly, and is
> somewhat costly.
> 
> The only thing that this guy loves in life right now
> is his piano - plays it 
> hours and hours each day.  Of course, as his hearing
> goes, he's probably also 
> playing it louder so that he can hear it.  Any ideas
> or suggestions that 
> would help him be able to continue playing without
> driving the workers crazy 
> would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mary Bailey
> 
> 
> Leave it strip muted.
> 
> 
> Mark Wisner
> Piano Service
> Yamaha Corporation
> mwisner@yamaha.com
> 


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