[CAUT] Toughest piece for piano stability?

[Fred Sturm]

On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Susan Kline wrote:

> But D#6 is the note which is wonky, on several D's I look after.  
> Definitely a trouble note, and way up in the middle of the section.  
> The tone is just not clear, never mind the tuning stability. It's  
> more like the tone in the middle of Octave 7, but it's way down in  
> Octave 6 where people are using it all the time. I'd be really  
> interested if anyone has figured D#6 out, why it is that way, and  
> what might be done. As far as I'm aware, it's a Steinway D problem.  
> I haven't noticed it on other Steinway models or other brands.  
> (Though other brands sometimes have their own issues.)


Hi Susan,
	I checked the D#6 in our two Ds in the recital hall and one in a  
studio this morning. The newest D (2001) had a sound that could be  
described as you did - though I wouldn't say it was all that much  
different from C6, C#6 and D6 - at the very top of its dynamic range  
(above fff). The others, 1981 and 1963, had no sign of anything of the  
sort. The newest one is voiced the brightest of the three, but none of  
them is dull. FWIW.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
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