Bøsendorfers , was : Buttressed Arch. Question for Ron N. - increasing rim density

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Ed,

I totally agree with you. The softer rimmed pianos seem to run out of 
headroom when they are really pushed.
Ron O.

><<  Given the Bosies solution,
>
>one would be tempted to consider that rock hard rims are not a
>
>neccessity for good tone at all.... >>
>
>Greetings,
>      Maybe not neccessary for tone, but I don't think the difference is so
>much in the tone as the power.  Even going over 9 feet doesn't make 
>an Imperial
>more powerful in the back of the hall than your average, run of the mill,
>Steinway D.  Most all the Bosendorfer pianos I have seen had tone 
>out the whazoo,
>(for the non-native readers, whazoo is a technical term that means "a lot"),
>but there was a ceiling to their volume.  Players have mentioned that the
>European pianos like Bosendorfer, Bechstein, and Hamburg Steinways 
>sound beautiful,
>but when played increasingly harder, reach a point of power saturation, after
>which nothing else happens.  In comparison, the New York D will usually
>continue to deliver more as long as it is played harder, regardless. 
>      I think the maple contributes to this characteristic.  The Mason's,
>Chickerings (some), Baldwins and Steinways, as well as a slew of long-gone
>American brands, used maple and with good/new boards, most all these 
>pianos will have
>unsurpassed power in comparison to their lighter wood-rim  counterparts.
>Regards,
>
>
>
>Ed Foote RPT
>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>


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