[CAUT] was caf now seasonal sb failure

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Bob writes:

<<  I think of power as a tone

having body to it.  Is this from a full expression of

the partials?  When we get a ping or a bite to the

tone from keytop then isn't that primarily exciting

the higher partials rather than the fundamental? >>

I think the power comes from the fundamental, and perhaps the next two or 
three partials.  HOwever, without the higher ones, our ears don't sense it.  It 
was really enlightening when I bought a pair of L110's (JBL speakers) at a 
garage sale for $20. I got them home and hooked them up and was amazed at how 
little sound I was able to get from them with a 100 watt rms amp.  
     Then I realized that the mid-range and tweeters were burned out.  With 
almost full power, they didnt' sound very loud or powerful.  After sending them 
back to JBL for new cones in the tweeters and mids, I re-installed them and 
at 1/2 power they absolutely blew me out of the room!  Our ears need the higher 
partials to sense loudness and power.  
    The same is true of hammers.  A set of rock hard hammers may seem to be 
really loud on the stage, but without resiliency in them, they sound thin and 
harsh out in the hall.  It takes a balance to really speak and project.  
   I suppose you have a dead soundboard, but it would be a simple matter to 
take a hammer from a good sounding grand in install it on this piano to see... 
Regards, 


Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html