Muffling a Baldwin L with a QRS Pianomation 2000CD+

[John Ross]

How about acoustic foam, cut to fit below the soundboard.
Have the legs sit on softer, less sound conducting cups. 
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samuel Choy" <srchoy at charter.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 1:05 PM
Subject: Muffling a Baldwin L with a QRS Pianomation 2000CD+


> Hi List,
> 
> And happy Thanksgiving for those of us in the U.S.
> 
> I'm trying to help a customer make a Baldwin L with a QRS player softer. 
> The problem, I think, is really the acoustics of the room, not the 
> piano. The piano is in a lobby of St Mary's Hospital here in Rochester, 
> MN. The room is made from stone tile from floor to ceiling. It echoes 
> worse than a gymnasium.
> 
> For this reason, I really don't want to needle the hammers. To me, it 
> sounds like getting a tattoo to cover a pimple--a permanent solution to 
> a temporary problem.
> 
> One stipulation  she put on me too, is that the solution can't be 
> anything that can be seen, such as something that would go over the 
> strings. This is because the piano is in a public area. Anything that 
> can be seen in that room and isn't locked down tends to walk away.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Sam Choy
>