This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I'm interested in the belly brace for a Baldwin D. What is the= criteria for whether it might be needed? David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Nichols <nicho@zianet.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:24:24 -0600 Subject: Re: Big Hammers Barbara, While hunting for "every little bit" of projection for a D I= service, I discovered the extra belly brace sold by PianoTek.= It's for the treble, and really helped octaves 61/2 thru to the= top. Better projection, little higher volume, much better= sustain. Not too expensive, and a piece-o-cake to install and= test. Y'know, when every little thing adds up to get more.....= more. Also, is the piano "grounded"? Big halls laugh at pianos= on flexing, rubber-wheeled springs. A couple of blocks for under= the front work wonders. Just a couple of =A2 worth, Guy At 12:00 PM 8/30/2004 -0500, you wrote: 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/c8/42/55/bd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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