No Power Yamanamas

[James Grebe]

Any piano placed on a dolly loses and wastes vibration and power.  The more
solid the connection to the floor, the more power.
Jim
James Grebe
Piano Tuner-Technician
Wood Artisan
Established 1962
Creator  of Wooden Artifacts such as:
Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups
Handsome Hardwood Piano  Benches
Handsome Hardwood Tuning Levers
314 845-8282
1526 Raspberry Lane
Arnold, MO 63010

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nichols" <nicho@zianet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: No Power Yamanamas


> At 03:51 PM 3/27/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >Guy,
> >
> >I hope you're not saying it would be better for a piano not to be on a
> >"spider" dolly! We're
> >about to get two to put 2 of our D's on so they "reasonably" safely be
> >rolled across the
> >black "ballet" type flooring (I forget what it's called). Right now,
> >they're on/in the shop
> >cups type of thing and have been for over 5 yrs. This should be better!
Right?
> >
> >Avery
> >
> >P.S. Any tips about installing them or the subject line so I can search
> >the archives?
>
> Well..... no..... maybe... well..... I dunno. BUT!.... well.... I just
> dunno. There's a difference of tone, and perceived power, when you set a
> piano on concrete as opposed to wood. The structure of a stage floor can
> change the tonal characteristics of something like a D.
> I've watched a stage truck flex under heavy play, and... well... energy
> doesn't disappear, remember. Although the truck flexes back up, as in a
> bounce, it still takes some part of the input to make it flex down to
begin
> with.
> BUT.... once I saw that Ric's unit needed hammers and key bushings, I
> realized that this piano couldn't show us the difference of flooring (or
> trucks, or whatever). When it's got a functional action, THEN you can hear
> or at least investigate the more subtle stuff.
> And, yeah, a regular spider dolly is bound to be safer than those smaller
> wheeled individual shop thingys. You say... about to get.... I've a
> customer with a used truck for sale. He even repainted it. Dunno how much
> he wants, but I bet it's less than new prices, and I don't think those
> things ever wear out.
> No tips on archive search. Try your Journal CD-ROMs.
>
> Later,
> Guy
>
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