What do pianos sound like?

[Farrell]

I glued the bass bridge back onto a little junky piano that had what the owner called "wet" sounding bass strings.

Terry Farrell
  
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From: <Erwinspiano@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: What do pianos sound like?


> In a message dated 11/1/2002 10:32:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, rrg@unlv.edu 
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> > Subj:What do pianos sound like? 
> > Date:11/1/2002 10:32:38 PM Pacific Standard Time
> > From:<A HREF="mailto:rrg@unlv.edu">rrg@unlv.edu</A>
> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> > To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> > Sent from the Internet 
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> >              Robert
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>                       Ummmmm , also Loud  &  Soft. Hurts my ears. Sounds like 
> shattering glass.
>                     More for the most excellent list.
>              Dale
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> > I find it interesting what words both pianists and technicians use to 
> > describe the sound of a particular piano.  With so many definitions is 
> > there really a standard?  I'm sure most would agree.  Here are a some 
> > phrases commonly used to describe pianos...
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> > The piano sounds  "bright"
> > The piano sounds  "dark"
> > The piano sounds  "tinny"
> > The piano sounds  "rough"
> > The piano sounds  "crisp"
> > The piano sounds  "tubby"
> > The piano sounds  "muddy"
> > The piano sounds  "dead"
> > The piano sounds  "full"
> > The piano sounds  "weak"
> > The piano sounds  "deep"
> > The piano sounds  "shallow"
> > The piano sounds  "metallic"
> > The piano sounds  "woody"
> > The piano sounds  "grainy" The piano sounds  "smooth"
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> > The piano sounds  "hollow"
> > The piano sounds  "clean"
> > The piano sounds  "dry" The piano sounds  "cool"
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> > The piano sounds  "transparent"
> > The piano sounds  "hard"
> > The piano sounds  "solid"
> > The piano sounds  "glassy"
> > The piano sounds  "fluid"
> > The piano sounds  "reflective"
> > The piano sounds  "hot"
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> > Well there you go.  That is what a piano sounds like.
> >  
> > Rob Goodale
> > Las Vegas, NV
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