---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Monday, January 10, 2005, at 04:15 PM, Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote: > HI Jason Jeff? > =A0 SO,what you're saying is=A0if the piano has no power at the = keyboard=A0=20 > it can still fill a large hall? Just to clarify, no, that's not what I meant. I was addressing your=20 statement: > the thing I learned first was that in order for a D to project=A0,& = have=20 > color & susutain it must be voiced so that sitting at the piano=20 > it=A0will =A0literally Roar at you. I only meant that just because the artist can't hear the piano, doesn't=20= mean it isn't projecting well into the hall. You have no argument from=20= me that if the artist perceives the instrument as weak that that is=20 when you get the complaints. But I think it is often the deceptiveness=20= of the hall, or the placement of the piano in relation to acoustic=20 projection installations which brings on complaints, rather than the=20 instrument itself. I tuned for a performance at a local church Friday. The piano was a=20 1966 Steinway M that I'd never seen before, and if you asked me it had=20= been tuned all its life and that's about it. The pianist felt she had=20= to really work to make the piano project because she couldn't hear from=20= the keyboard what was being projected up out and away from her. The=20 regulation was terribly uneven and the voicing was worse. I would have=20= needed about 3 days with that piano to make her comfortable. Out in=20 the room, however, which was pretty large for an M, but had excellent=20 acoustics, the piano was booming and had a lovely tone quality from pp=20= to ffff. Sounded more like a B or a D -- plenty of piano for that very=20= large room. The piano sounded much better when she backed off and=20 didn't work so hard. Thankfully, her husband (also a pianist) was also=20= there to console her and coach her towards that direction. I think this isn't such an uncommon scenario. Jeff ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2151 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/01/ab/b4/dd/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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