When the sound falls apart at higher volumes

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

Yes & no.  Reducing the "live" situation has already been tried.  It 
solved some of the environmental problems but the sound I don't like 
is coming from the piano itself.

Andrew

At 06:32 PM 6/28/2006, you wrote:
>Andrew,
>
>I'm not trying to be a smart a*** here, but would carpet and sound 
>absorbing things on the wall improve this?
>
>Avery Todd
>University of Houston
>
>At 04:26 PM 6/28/2006, you wrote:
>>I recall that this phenomenon has been referred to here.  Have a 
>>piano in a rather live environment (tile floors, not much on the 
>>walls).  At higher volume playing the tone seems to "go out of 
>>focus" and gets rough/harsh.  I've wondered about what causes this 
>>and what approaches may be used to tame it.
>>
>>Would adding impedence to the bridge help this?
>>
>>Andrew Anderson