Some people make sonic foam inserts for pianos. The cheap approach would be to go down to your local rock n roll music store and say something about sonic foam panels for your studio. You can cut those up and mount them between the beams. Or just put them on the floor and cover them with some attractive cloth. Andrew At 10:01 PM 9/29/2004 +0100, you wrote: >Whats the stage made of ? Sometimes a wooden stage or acoustically active >stage really helps to boom the piano sound out there... isolating the >piano by putting a nice thick carpet under it can help a lot in such >cases. You can also attach a thick peice of material to the underside of >the rim so that you more or less muffle the sound. I've heard of techs >stuffing foam rubber into the space between the bracings as well. Just a >few thoughts > >RicB > >Paul Chick (Earthlink) wrote: > >>A client asked me how he/they could control the volume of a Kawai RX-2 grand >>that is on a music stage area of their church. When used with a praise >>band, the piano overpowers the guitars and (6-8)voices. They keep it closed >>and do not use any microphones. But, when used as a solo instrument, the >>volume fills the church nicely. Budget is an issue, so, are there some >>means or methods to decrease and increase the piano's volume? >> >>Paul C >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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