---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 30-aug-04, at 19:00, Barbara Richmond wrote: > Hey all, > =A0 > Some of you may remember the thread last spring, voicing for a big,=20 > dead, hall.=A0 Still waiting for the bureaucracy to make up their = minds,=20 > but in the mean time I've been thinking a lot about the project and=20 > I'd like to have a chat about hammer size.=A0 The hall is huge (3500=20= > seats or so), has lots of carpet and poses a challenge for the piano's=20= > projection. > =A0 > I won't go into all the piano's issues=A0(of which it has quite a few=20= > and=A0I can deal with them), but there is one area I'd like to hear = your=20 > opinions.=A0 Right now, the piano (Steinway D) has the biggest hammers=20= > on it that I've ever seen.=A0=A0Is it a fact that BIG hammers will = help=20 > power and projection, especially in a problem setting like this?=A0=A0 = A=20 > friend has recommended that I "leave them big."=A0 Some days I agree=20= > with him and on others, I don't.=A0 Of course, I won't really know=20 > what's going to work until I dig in, but I'd just like to hear what=20 > your experience has been. > =A0 > Thanks, > =A0 > Barbara Richmond, RPT > Oh yeah, I remember... What comes into my tiny mind Barbara is this : First think about the way the instrument plays best, then work on the=20 sound as hard as you can. That's in my opinion the way to treat a concert instrument in a concert=20= hall. Andr=E9 Oorebeek ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1701 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/25/31/8a/c1/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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