[pianotech] Belly talk

[Dale Erwin]

Power with out noise. A beautiful blooming sustain. The piano speaks easily and there is awesome definition and tonal balance between registers. Nothing muddy, lots of clarity. The guys are spoiled by the tone of our rebuilds. They are happy to come back from tuning to get their ears readjusted to a world class tone.. ;) 
I don't get this in any other pianos I service or play, and am always glad 
to come home to the "liveliness and clarity of my own instrument(s). How 
are you guys using that word.

 Dittos
 Does this help. 
Dale


Dale Erwin R.P.T.
Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.
 Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos
www.Erwinspiano.com
Phone: 209-577-8397

 
  





-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Ialeggio <jim at grandpianosolutions.com>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sun, Dec 2, 2012 6:53 am
Subject: [pianotech]  Belly talk


In German, rasten can mean "to rest".  Maybe its generic German 
carpentritic <G> for a glue ledge of any sort??

Dale, and David used the word "lively" in descriptions of tonal 
attributes in some of their previous posts. I'm curious what they mean 
by lively, as words are tricky when referring to sound.  In my own work, 
"lively" is one of the main reasons I consider myself roughly of the 
lineage of Nossaman & Fandrich(though of course with my own biases).

"Lively", for me, in my boards, means, I can walk up to the piano, lift 
the dampers, sing into the board, and hear the pitch back along with a 
very strong coupled shimmer from a good part of the rest of the board. 
This shimmer has a nice high partial quality, not at all shrill.  It 
allows voice-like sustain which I use all the time in my playing. I 
don't get this in any other pianos I service or play, and am always glad 
to come home to the "liveliness and clarity of my own instrument(s). How 
are you guys using that word.

Jim Ialeggio

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Jim Ialeggio	
jim at grandpianosolutions.com
978 425-9026
Shirley Center, MA


 
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