On Feb 15, 2009, at 12:35 AM, A440A at aol.com wrote: > I agree that performers like to feel the power, however, I have > heard > too many pianos that sound like muscular workhorses on the stage, > but halfway > out in the hall they sound thin and harsh. The artist on the stage > feels like > they are just knocking the walls out of the hall, but that is just > what they > hear while they are right there by the instrument. There is a > profound > difference between loud and powerful. It takes a softer hammer to > produce the lower > end of the tonal spectrum in a note and a firmer hammer to produce > the higher > end which gives the note definition. It is the combination that > makes for a > powerful projection. These Weickerts seem to have that combo built > in. And then there are so many other ways to use and enhance the powers in the hammer, like turbo regulation and turbo voicing. If the instrument is healthy and we have the perfect hammer plus the professional experience, we can turn most instrument into vibrant power stations. friendly greetings from André Oorebeek Antoni van Leeuwenhoekweg 15 1401 VW, Bussum the Netherlands tel : +31 35 6975840 gsm : +31 652 388008 www.concertpianoservice.nl "where Music is, no harm can be" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090215/2804bfe5/attachment-0001.html>
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