It is the same reason that pianos on Colson type dollies do not sound as loud as pianos with wheels directly on the floor. The rubber acts as a damper and vibration blocker. Jim James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing instruments (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Horace Greeley" <hgreeley@stanford.edu> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 3:21 PM Subject: Re: piano soundproofing > > Jim, > > At 01:09 PM 2/4/2005, you wrote: >>Being commercial, >>my Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups with felt bottoms would help. They would >>break the connection of vibration from the caster to the floor. > > Yes - absolutely. My apologies for not thinking of you in my first post. > > Best. > > Horace > > > >>Jim >>James Grebe >>Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair >>Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing >>instruments >>(314) 608-4137 >>WWW.JamesGrebe.com >>1526 Raspberry Lane >>Arnold, MO 63010 >>BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! >>pianoman@accessus.net >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Bec and John" <bjsilva001@comcast.net> >>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >>Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 2:51 PM >>Subject: piano soundproofing >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I was wondering if there's anyone with experience soundproofing a room so >>>as to minimise the output of a piano to adjacent rooms/floors, without >>>doing anything to the piano itself. >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>>- John >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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