That Special Baby Grand Sound

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Wed Nov 29 04:31:48 MST 2006


Alan,

At 09:46 PM 11/28/2006 -0600, you wrote:

>A reviewer said this about the Yamaha U5 at 
><http://www.epinions.com/inst-review-44E3-20B92DCE-3A2CEF07-prod2>http://www.epinions.com/inst-review-44E3-20B92DCE-3A2CEF07-prod2
>"The sound, feel and touch is amazing, it sounds like a baby grand"
>
>Sounds like a baby grand, eh? When was that ever a good thing?

The only Good thing??
The appellation "baby grand" has a better sound to it than 
"horizontal spinet". Probably a better sound than the PSO it describes, even...

>I tune an ancient, tired, worn-out 4 foot something horizontal 
>"mystery piano" that no longer has a decal or any other identifying 
>labels. But, by golly, it sounds just like a baby grand!

The mighty AnonYmous grand, eh?




Conrad Hoffsommer

There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them.
-Casey Stengel



More information about the Pianotech mailing list

This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC