Voicing question

[Jeannie Grassi]

Jim & List,
I have a client with a very nice Steinway B who religiously monitors the
temp.& RH in her studio.  She swears that she likes the tone better on days
when the RH is slightly higher than the norm.  I had nothing to compare it
to when I have been there, so I can only take her word for it.  She is very
sensitive to the changes in this instrument, so I'm sure she is perceiving
something different.  Now, with your explanation, we may have a reason why.

If what you say is correct, wouldn't an impedance change like that result in
just the right conditions for the board to be stiffer or more rigid, and
therefore more powerful?

Jeannie Grassi
Registered Piano Technician
Bainbridge Island, WA
jgrassi@silverlink.net


> Of Jim Coleman, Sr.
> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 1998 10:00 AM
> My present thinking is that the board has pushed up a little stronger
> against the strings and that the impedance between strings and board has
> changed enough so that there is more resistance of the board to the
> energy of the string's downward pressure and that this causes the duration
> to increase, but I can't understand the greater power also.
>
> Jim Coleman, Sr.
>