[pianotech] What constitutes a good "student piano" (was 2nd bad client)

[Floyd Gadd]

Thanks for your feedback Terry.

In an April 1993 television report on the Fandrich upright piano (archived
on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d5fc6eKWqA), the idea was
presented that the Fandrich soundboard with radial ribs includes an
impedance bar designed to keep the treble notes from resonating across the
entire board, which would tend to make them muddy.  I interpreted this to
mean that this tendency toward a muddying of the treble sound is
characteristic of traditional upright pianos, and that the Fandrich
soundboard is intended to emulate the sound of a grand piano, the design of
which tends to avoid this problem.  That's the information source and the
line of thinking that lies behind my statment.  Am I off track here?  Is
there something more helpful that I can say in layman's language that will
make clear specific advantages that an upgrade to a grand would have over an
upgrade to a better upright, in terms of a home practice piano?

Floyd
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Terry Farrell [mailto:mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com]
  Sent: March 25, 2010 7:16 AM
  To: fg at floydgadd.com; pianotech at ptg.org
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] What constitutes a good "student piano" (was 2nd
bad client)


  A grand piano has a "clearer definition in the sound"? What that all
about?


  Terry Farrell


  On Mar 25, 2010, at 6:34 AM, Floyd Gadd wrote:
  SNIP



    UPRIGHT PIANOS
        -Fuller, more vibrant sound
        -More scope in the varieties of sound


    GRANDPIANOS
        -Clearer definition in the sound
        -More satisfying and precise feeling of touch in the keyboard

    What options do I have if my piano does not measure up?
        -Regulating, Repair and Reconditioning
        -Replacement with new or used (reference to pianobuyer.com)





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