This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Now isn't that interesting...we talked about the bottom lid many= years ago on the List and it's nice someone actually made one. = Anyone else? Marcel, can you determine if sustain seemed to improve with= bottom lid. I remember commenting about rolling a wedge-shaped= reflector under the piano...maybe made of plastic? I wonder if= the bottom board doesn't restrict sound when it's closed or is= it always down? Fascinating! David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Marcel Carey <mcpiano@videotron.ca> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:23:57 -0400 Subject: RE: Big Hammers Barbara. Have you thought about a bottom lid for this piano. I've= installed one in a difficult hall and had great result. You only= need sound reflective material that is installed below the piano= with an angle about the same as the top lid. It can be tried= easily. We had listeners with eyes closed and a technician= removing and installing the bottom lid, and all were unanimous= about the sound outpout increase in the hall. Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org= [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Barbara Richmond Sent: August 30, 2004 1:01 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Big Hammers Hey all, Some of you may remember the thread last spring, voicing for a= big, dead, hall. Still waiting for the bureaucracy to make up= their minds, but in the mean time I've been thinking a lot about= the project and I'd like to have a chat about hammer size. The= hall is huge (3500 seats or so), has lots of carpet and poses a= challenge for the piano's projection. I won't go into all the piano's issues (of which it has quite a= few and I can deal with them), but there is one area I'd like to= hear your opinions. Right now, the piano (Steinway D) has the= biggest hammers on it that I've ever seen. Is it a fact that= BIG hammers will help power and projection, especially in a= problem setting like this? A friend has recommended that I= "leave them big." Some days I agree with him and on others, I= don't. Of course, I won't really know what's going to work= until I dig in, but I'd just like to hear what your experience= has been. Thanks, Barbara Richmond, RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ce/ea/e8/aa/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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