Hi Jim, I'm with you and Don on this one, Don's point about touch and control of a 9ft cannot be emphasized enough. There is a dramatic difference in key length from a 7ft piano. So do we deny our students the chance of performing on a full sized instrument? Giving them the experience of a full range of tone colour, and how to be sensitive and control the Beasty. Voicing to a room or a client is what we do, I don't see where the problem would be. I have several clients with concert grands in their homes, no big deal for me or them. Just don't let the instrument get too 'brassy'. Regards Roger At 09:04 AM 3/25/2010, you wrote: >All, > >I agree with Don, and he is not only a world class technician, but a fine >pianist. > >The notion of "the size of the piano must be relative to the size room" >cannot be the foremost justification for why we select a piano. Following >that reasoning wouldn't we have 4' pianos for practice rooms and 12' >pianos for 3000 seat halls? While I'm being a bit ridiculous, my point is >that the smaller piano isn't the "same" as a full size grand, is it?? My >clients that have 9' pianos along with other smaller sizes much prefer >their 9' for recitals. (Granted, I only have a few clients with both.) >Don's post is also my experience. > >Respectfully, >Jim Busby BYU and Snow College > > > >In my opinion, it is always best to have a concert grand for a recital >space, no matter how small. > >A well set up concert grand will have the control necessary to not >overpower the room. If voiced and regulated appropriately, the full >tone will give performers a much wider palette of sound to work with, >and that range of tone from ppp to fff across the scale is what makes >the pianist happy! > >I have serviced many concert grands in peoples living rooms, and they >were wonderful when voiced appropriately. > >Don Mannino
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