piano size

J. R. White jrwhiteltd@msn.com
Fri, 7 Oct 2005 20:07:20 -0700


Ever attend a solo piano recital in Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, USA?
Perfect!!!
J R W

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:20 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: piano size

Exactly. Many (and I among them) feel that most halls that exceed 400-500 
seats are too large for ANY piano!

So, I guess if you have a 600 or 800 seat hall you might want to consider a 
ten or twelve foot piano!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 


> Our larger recital hall here is 500 seat and the D and CFIIIS are
> certainly not too much.  It's really quite live also.  I personally
> think a 9' would be my goal, and 7' pretty much the minimum but that's
> just me.

> David M. Porritt
> dporritt@smu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Is there a "rule of thumb" for Hall size vs piano
> size? I've been asked to suggest size of piano for a
> 600 to 800 seat Hall. How small is too small?
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, 


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