[pianotech] Really Bad Sounding Piano

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Aug 23 12:37:39 MDT 2012


>> Samick SG-155 fetal grand. Entire treble A4 & up full of very loud false beats. One octave lower tenor sounds more-or-less piano-like. Bass dead. Take a listen:  http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/jj318/PianoV/Samick%20SG155/  - the first item there is the video.

>> I've heard bad/nasal bass on many fetal grands, but this thing sounds like a bad fetal grand with really bad 100 year old bass strings. I'm wondering what on earth is causing this thing to sound so bad. Bass bridge seems to be attached to soundboard. I suspect it is a function of the very short backscale, the bass bridge sitting on the rim - even though it is cantilevered, the bass bridge being cantilevered AND dead bass strings. Other thoughts?
>> 
>> Yikes!   :-(
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>> Terry Farrell
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