[CAUT] pit under floor.

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 05:01 PM 5/9/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>I am getting the picture. After I had several performers complain about 
>the piano moving during hard play, I made a couple of blocks to fit under 
>the front casters. It solved that problem, but I never thought about using 
>them to get a better tone. I will give it a try.
>
>Here is another question regarding projection. We have a pit under the 
>main stage of the Concert Hall. I have always thought that not having the 
>floor solid makes a difference in the sound that comes out of the piano. 
>Anyone have any experience with that?
>
>Wim
>Willem Blees, RPT


The old Academy of Music in Philadelphia (former home of Phila Orch) was 
renowned for it's acoustics. Not only was it an enlarged version of the 
LaScala opera house in Milan, but it has a well under the stage. Eugene 
Ormandy, more than once, demonstrated the pin drop on stage which could be 
heard clearly in the back of the Ampitheatre (third balcony, where I 
usually sat).





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