piano size

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Fri, 7 Oct 2005 20:39:12 -0700


Yes,  it was an amazing experience.   What a piano.

David I.



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "J. R. White" <jrwhiteltd@msn.com>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: 10/7/2005 8:07:20 PM
Subject: RE: piano size


>Ever attend a solo piano recital in Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, USA?
>Perfect!!!
>J R W

>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of Farrell
>Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:20 PM
>To: Pianotech
>Subject: Re: piano size

>Exactly. Many (and I among them) feel that most halls that exceed 400-500 
>seats are too large for ANY piano!

>So, I guess if you have a 600 or 800 seat hall you might want to consider a 
>ten or twelve foot piano!

>Terry Farrell

>----- Original Message ----- 


>> Our larger recital hall here is 500 seat and the D and CFIIIS are
>> certainly not too much.  It's really quite live also.  I personally
>> think a 9' would be my goal, and 7' pretty much the minimum but that's
>> just me.

>> David M. Porritt
>> dporritt@smu.edu
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Is there a "rule of thumb" for Hall size vs piano
>> size? I've been asked to suggest size of piano for a
>> 600 to 800 seat Hall. How small is too small?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Don Rose, 


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