Oh and let me add (just to get started) a system that has just the right impedance characteristics to provide a balance between power and sustain. Bloom, then, is that characteristic that some soundboard systems have in which the smallest amount of energy input gets the system moving while at the same time the system won’t give up its energy too quickly. The why (as JD asked) has to do with the physical characteristics of the soundboard (and scale) that allow that make that happen. Not an adequate or complete description, I realize, but until one defines what bloom is it will be difficult to describe what causes it, or better, allows it. Feel free to correct, modify or add. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:31 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] What is bloom, OK then let me start this by offering one criteria that might impact this particular quality. Optimizing the stored potential energy in the soundboard/string system. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Delwin D Fandrich Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 3:11 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] What is bloom, was RE: Tuning the duplex sections Not having ever been able to measure this…I don’t. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA Phone 360.736.7563 — Cell 360.388.6525 del at fandrichpiano.com <mailto:del at fandrichpiano.com%20> — ddfandrich at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110317/bed468a8/attachment-0001.htm>
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