Hi Guys >>Do you have any > suggestions that I can tell them to help control the volume of the piano? > (does having an open or closed lid make a difference in the sound > quality?)>> I thought that you might ask the pianist to open the top of the piano so that it is louder to him/her and therefore encourage the pianist to play more softly. I have had years of experience with playing in a band and I know that it is very difficult sometimes to hear oneself playing because of all the other "noise" going on around you. If the piano lid is open then there is a shorter direct line between the instrument and the pianists ears. Whenever I played an acoustic upright in a band I always removed the front panels, not to make the piano louder to the audience but so that I could hear it myself. Regards Alan Forsyth Edinburgh
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