[pianotech] What is bloom,

[David Love]

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:59:08 
To: David Andersen<david at davidandersenpianos.com>
Reply-To: davidlovepianos at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [pianotech] What is bloom,

This whole thing came about trying to answer JD's why question. Pretty hard to do that without bringing in the science. I don't think there's much danger of it obscuring our real purpose (whatever that is) and I'm sure it varies for each of us.  

For me I'd like to walk away from this eventually with some better understanding of the mechanics. Questioning assumptions is a good start even if it means questioning our new assumptions that derive from conclusions we drew from questioning our original assumptions in the first place.

I've put in a lot of work just trying to figure out what it is that I don't know. And damn if each answer, if you're paying attention, doesn't just open up a whole new set of questions. But too much invested to stop now.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Andersen <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:29:13 
To: davidlovepianos at comcast.net<davidlovepianos at comcast.net>; pianotech at ptg.org<pianotech at ptg.org>
Cc: pianotech at ptg.org<pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] What is bloom,

On my phone, so will keep it short:
the pluck test is a practical, powerful diagnostic tool when applied correctly
and when used in conjunction with OTHER diagnostic tests---bearing measurement, crown measurement, playing the piano. I care about how the board sounds vis a vis power, sustain, swell, and length and quality of decay.
It's fascinating to THINK about the why  of things, but it's much more important for us as fiduciary servants of our clients to be able to make quality decisions based on real sound in the real world. Let the technical and scientific speculation continue; I love it;
just please don't let it overwhelm or obscure our real purpose here: to share real- world protocols in a collegial manner to serve our clients better. My take, at least.
DA

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On Mar 19, 2011, at 7:34 AM, "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> wrote:

> Not just the distinctions between all those things but the qualities in the board that might establish some relationship between them. JD's bloom and swell may derive from some similar qualities in a given soundboard which the pluck test may or may not help detect. While I have my doubts about the reliability of the pluck test it may not be completely irrelevant if the goal is to try and determine whether there might be other qualities to boards that exhibit these characteristics we're looking into. Sometimes if you can't answer the question head on you need to change course temporarily so you can approach the problem from another angle. It's all good. 
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
> (sent from bb)
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> From: PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com
> Sender: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:34:28 -0400 (EDT)
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> ReplyTo: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] What is bloom,
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> In a message dated 3/18/2011 11:25:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time, erwinspiano at aol.com writes:
> Or am I imagining it? 
> You're imagining it. It's a conversation, not a moderated conference. If we don't answer JD's question as completely and directly as you would have us, at least we're hearing some good voices, and the related discussions relevant to a range of interests. This isn't ask the expert. Lose the control impulse. The distinctions between bloom and swell, and between chordal play, hammer strike, and pluck are the beginnings of investigations into ways we hear. It's all germane and useful in its own strange, uncontrolled conversational way.
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> Paul
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