Hehe ;) Thanks so much, I tell him that! I did have a faint notion that its just the instrument itself... Renee On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Bernhard Stopper wrote: > The sound coming from the strings is caused by the nature of said > musical instrument, which uses vibrating strings as tone producing > oscillators. > If you customer don´t like that noise, simply pull the strings out > off the piano. He can enjoy an incomparable beautiful silence then. > > Regards, > > Bernhard Stopper > > PS > Maybe your customer is irritated from longitudinal/transversal wave > coupling, which can cause annoying ringing on some notes in some > instruments. > Try to convince him to listen musically, not analytically. If this > fails, rescaling should be considered. > > > > > Am 31.03.2009 um 11:22 schrieb Renee Ingeberg: > >> I wrote some days ago about the sound coming from the strings in a >> grand piano, after the sustain pedal is depressed. The question >> came from a customer in one of the studios where I tune. I have >> heard, from a very good technician here that putting microphones >> under the grand can be a solution but that is another subject... >> I have noticed that the amount of sound coming from any instrument >> varies in this respect and there can be a substantial amount of >> noise coming from new instruments. I tuned a new grand the other >> day and there was more sound coming from the strings, when the >> pedal is lifted, than from an old grand, for example. So I am >> wondering what the cause of this could be. Any suggestions are >> welcome. >> >> In the latest Journal, there were some really good articles on >> aural tuning. I especially liked the mention of creativity, being >> in contact with the piano and 'coloring'. Over the years and tuning >> all sorts of pianos, it's really a matter of trying to 'conceal' or >> cover up the inconsistencies and making the best possible result. >> >> Renee >> > >
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