Eric Schandall on Lacquer Voicing

[Barbara Richmond]

Aw, Ric, I wasn't quizzing him and I'm reasonably sure it wasn't a blind
test.  The subject came up one time when I was doing a survey on what
hammers to use in a certain, big hall.  That was his response when I made
the comment that I'd rather not have to do the lacquering thing since the
piano was 40 miles away.  Just trying to draw on other people's experiences.

Barbara Richmond, RPT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Brekne" <ricbrek@broadpark.no>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 3:25 PM
Subject: Eric Schandall on Lacquer Voicing


> Hi Barbara
>
> I'm a real believer in reporting as you hear/see/are told it.  Seems to me
> one has a lot more to gain on that road then any other.
> I'd be interested in hearing just how blind a test this was.  Alexander
> Galembo has actually done a lot of testing along these lines under
> controlled situations.  One of his more interesting results is that most
> folks cant tell the difference between one piano and another (assuming
> some basic size and type similarities) from more then 20 or so meters
> distance... At least I believe thats correct.  I had some time with his
> manuscript on Saturday... Great stuff.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
> ---------------
> Hi Ric,
>
> Interesting.  I friend of mine, who shall remain anonymous, told me that
> the
> un-lacquered type hammers (over here) won't do for orchestral pianos.  His
> university had a well known person hang a set of well known hammers and it
> was of everyone's opinion (who heard the pianos), that the piano without
> the
> NY Steinway hammers just didn't cut it with an orchestra.  Well, I wasn't
> there, but I can imagine that other factors could make a difference, too
> (besides hammers).
>
> Just reporting what I was told.  :-)
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
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