Advice needed on Bechstein Concert Grand

[Richard Brekne]

 David Love wrote:

>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.  

Nobody said it they were. 

>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. 

You accuse me of jumping to conclusions and then make this whopper in the next
sentence ??? 

> 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
>

Before jumping all over me Dave... you might read what was written. I simply
said it would be interesting to see the results of such a proceedure,
especially given some recent discussions. I didnt get into any costs analysis,
time discussions, or feasablitiy studies... I even directly suggested it was
perhaps an unlikely route. I also avoided (deliberatly) offering this comment
as advice per se.

shhesssh.


RicB.

>
>----- 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


Richard Brekne
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