Why does this problem require Stanwood??? No offense to David, I have the greatest respect for his contributions. But the concepts aren't voodoo or witchcraft. I'm not even sure how you come to that conclusion given the descriptions of the problems with this particular piano. The action is too light probably with low inertia. Given the limitations of the budget (work must be accomplished in one day), and everything else needed, addressing the weight issue will not probably be possible. You could add some clips to the shanks to increase the strike weight a bit, and it would be easy to undue if this criticism was the particular taste of this pianist. But the piano would probably be best served by Roger's suggestions, or by Joe's which was to give them the Steinway. David Love ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <richard.brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "PTG" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: July 04, 2002 12:04 PM Subject: Re: Advice needed on Bechstein Concert Grand Hi Bill On the surface of things... this looks like a very interesting job for Stanwood. Perhaps you will not go that route, but in light of a few recent threads about hammers, their hardness, and how these are sensed at the key by the fingers... combined with other voicing and playablitity concerns..... it would be darned interesting to see Stannwoods best done and have a look at the results seen from both yours and the pianists perspectives. Otherwise I can say that my feeling about Bechsteins is that they can very easily get too bright sounding, and when they do they seem to me to take on a bit of an empty hollow crashy tone. I like to keep them on the soft side... requiring that a pianist really smacks the key to get any really bright colour. JMV RicB Richard Brekne RPT NPTF Griegakadamiet UiB
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