Hi Ric, I'm not really making any strong claims one way or another. Simply observing that experience often contradicts "wisdom." I know we've all probably heard that more DB = stronger attack, less sustain. Less DB = less attack, more sustain. It makes sense in terms of physics, at least I believe it does. But going out in the field and measuring pianos is a different kettle of fish. I listen to the piano, come to a conclusion about its tonal output. Now I measure. I often don't find what I have been led to expect. I often enough find the opposite. Cognitive dissonance, I think is the appropriate word. People can be pretty suggestible, and hear what they expect. Which is why I try to listen first, then measure. I do realize that measuring a strung piano at pitch doesn't tell the whole story. Problem is, that's all most of us have in front of us to measure. At any rate, I intended no particular strong point of view. I was just trying to state what I have observed, which doesn't always coincide with accepted wisdom. Pianos are pretty complex creatures, I think <g>. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico On 3/7/06 3:32 AM, "Ric Brekne" <ricbrek at broadpark.no> wrote: > That said... I think I understand where Fred is comming from and if I > understand that correctly... well I'd aggree. Fred... if you'd care to > specify more closely what was on your mind I for one would find it > interesting. > > Cheers > RicB > > > My experience has led me to take with a grain of salt claims that >>> flat boards and zero DB mean a piano is unusable. I don't find it so, >>> personally. But I'm just one guy out here with my own limited >>> experiences and acuity. >>> Regards, >>> Fred Sturm >> >> Fred, >> I'd agree if I knew of anyone having made such a claim, but I >> don't. >> Ron N >> ______
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