Clair, They were most likely trying to correct a problem with the piano's "reinforcing" using C-Tapes or something similar. These are used primarily in concerts where the piano has to be miked in order to be heard along with, or above, the amplified guitars, vocals, etc. Regards, Bob Clair Dunn wrote: > Hi-- > I am very new to the ptg world (have just sent in my app to the local > chapter) but I went to a Willie Nelson concert last night and want to tell > you what happened and ask for guesses: > > On stage was a Steinway grand on loan from the local symphony orchestra. > Willie's sister was playing it and when the show started and he introduced > the musicians with him, of course they each played some riffs. Well, when > she played you could barely hear the piano and this is an acoustically good > theatre--restored movie theatre--and not very big. I was only about 30-40 > feet from stage. > > >From that point on, a total of three dif. people crawled under the piano > and,lying on their backs, fiddled with something on the bottom approx jsut > inside the area of the big curve (as seen from above). Each of the three > did this a number of times during the concert. And, you never could really > hear the piano--what on earth was going on? And even one time, it sounded > like a big toy piano. > > Just very curious. > Clair
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