At 08:44 AM 3/23/2004 -0600, you wrote: >Guy, > >Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not sure I understand about the blocks >under the stage truck. (Sometimes, well heck, most times, I'm a bit dim and >need things spelled out. I'm trainable, though!) And, wherever those >blocks are placed, are you talking about just for regulation or performance >also? Barbara, If the piano is on a stage truck, try leaning on the arms in a bouncy-kinda way. You'll see the piano move down and up. Springing on the truck. That's misplaced energy, when playing. For the average stage truck, a small block tapered from 20-40mm will wedge in under the foot of the truck and provide a "grounding" effect for the piano. (both front legs) It's kinda like driving pins. A pin block jack to the keybed is good, but another from the keybed to the floor is even better. "Conservation of energy" may be called a law, but by doing that we imply that it can be broken, or negotiated, or otherwise manipulated. The only thing that makes it "law-like" is the punishment for ignoring it. Energy doesn't disappear, it just gets changed. How it gets changed is up to us. Later, Guy >Got out the Pianotek Catalog to have a look at the belly brace. This is >certainly a new offering since I've been on Mommy leave--though I do >remember Chris Robinson doing a convention class (had to have been in the >80s) about a brace he added to some Steinway because it >kept....uh....slumping. > >Many thanks. > >Barbara Richmond > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nichols" <nicho@zianet.com> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:01 PM >Subject: Re: Voicing for a big, dead hall > > > > Barbara, > > The lacquer and needling treatments posted have been terrific. > > Remember though, also, that to really get the most power, "voicing" starts > > at the keybed. Make sure the frame is bedded, and that the piano is > > grounded. Either on castors or with blocks under the stage trucks. Make > > sure hammer travel is as long as you can get away with, and the hammers >hit > > the strings .... perfectly... It's like a race car, y'know. The > > difference is in the tweaking, and every little bit helps. Oh.... speaking > > of which.... consider the add-on belly brace from PianoTek, also. Another > > "edge". Point is.... don't always rely on the poor drunken hammers to get > > you there. > > > > Have fun, > > Guy > > > > At 08:33 PM 3/22/2004 -0600, you wrote: > > >Ed & David (and any others who may have something to say), > > > > > >Thank you *so* much! Your info was just what I was looking for. > > > > > >The small hall (where I worked previously) seated 600--what you heard at >the > > >piano was pretty close to what was heard out in the hall. This one seats > > >almost 3500--a bit of a change from what I've done before. :-) > > > > > > > > >Barbara Richmond > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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