This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi all, Well, I hate to sound like a broken record, but I'm still thinking of = possibilities for the huge (3500 seat) auditorium with the lousy = acoustics. The floor of the stage isn't hardwood, but something = definitely softer (yet another sound sucker upper). I have yet to get = the piano (Steinway D) on stage, since it's stored in the basement and = don't want to haul it up until I have it in reasonable working order. = Although I have gotten the director to agree that the piano will be = amplified for performances (yea!), I was wondering about what the = pianists can hear of themselves, because in spite of being amplified, = they tend to "attack" the piano with every bit of might available. Now = I suppose a monitor of some sorts could be rigged up (no problem for = non-classical music) and we're still going to give the lower lid and = truck wedges a try, but has anyone ever tried something like a portable = dance floor? Do you think it would bounce the sound up for the pianist = to hear? Would the stage crew hate me for suggesting it? What's the = estimate on how many dozens of homemade cookies & brownies would it cost = to win them over? :-) Thanks, Barbara Richmond ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c1/eb/47/91/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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