Killer Octave or Money Octave?

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: July 09, 2003 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: Killer Octave Occurrence in New Pianos


> Again, the problem with killer octaves is that they aren't 100% awful, or
> 100% fine. And as long as most of the technical community doesn't
> understand the problems, but can make considerable money voicing around
> them every year as they get worse with age - even to bringing the rest of
> the piano down to the performance level of the killer octave, it's not
> going to get a bit better.
>
> Ron N


That's a pretty good summary of the problem. And, perhaps, illustrates why
I heard a couple of technicians at the recent convention referring to this
as "the money octave."

Del