[pianotech] back to the Tone question in the modern piano

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Sat May 22 12:51:49 MDT 2010


David Love wrote:

> Even if you agree with Ron about the obsession with power it 
> is appropriate is some situations and for some tastes. 

My problem is that brightness does *not* equate to power, 
though they are widely regarded as the same, and putting 
harder hammers on a piano doesn't make it more powerful.


>So the real 
> issue, as I see it, is both deciding which goals to set and then 
> determining the design technology that will help you more consistently 
> achieve those goals. Getting people to agree on the goal is hard enough. 
> Even once established methods to achieve those goals are also subject to 
> debate complicated by the fact that there might be more than one 
> solution to the problem.

I read the question as what can a field tech do for existing 
new pianos, however Tony meant it.
Ron N


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