It occurred to me that this group of people who "want to change it just to be new and different" seem to prefer what might be described as an "old school piano sound" (GRIN) Will Truitt From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of J. Stanley Ryberg Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 3:53 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] soundboard grain angle vs "faux"stiffness Not that any confirmation is needed, but there were others besides rebuilders in the classroom in Rochester...the ones I spoke with who were also mightily impressed were largely musicians first, techs later. Their ears (and mine) were opened in ways that I can barely describe, it was so dramatic. (No power tools were used in that operation...) Stan Ryberg Barrington IL jstan40 at sbcglobal.net Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:20 PM From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Dale Erwin wrote: > I stood 25 ft from Rons Steinway, uh, I mean the Nossaman piano and the "voluminous" sound was apparent, actually kind of shocking in a ..."I've never had that flavor before". That was my reaction too. It's the first time I'd heard one of mine in other than my shop, or someone's living room. My take was - hey, what the heck is that? I like it!!! > The difference between the type of sound Will and others are describing is a preference. It really is power without noise and once you get it...yer hooked, especially when you hear monster music coming out of these things. 10-4. Ron N -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100716/5a346537/attachment.htm>
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