[CAUT] Snarly bass, was RE: Rubenstien Piano

[Calin Tantareanu]

Hello!
 
I was wondering, what is it that makes the bass in some pianos (Steinway D's
are usually good examples) sound snarly? I mean those very pronounced
ringing high partials at forte, which some like and others find annoying.
Soundboard construction? Strings? Anything else?
 
Calin Tantareanu
http://calin.haos.ro <http://calin.haos.ro/> 
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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Andrew
Anderson
Sent: duminică, 4 martie 2007 03:59
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Rubenstien Piano


As a Sauter dealer, I was in that same exhibit room and happened to notice
the piano (kind of hard not too).  The tenor bass is incredibly clean.  He
didn't choose to make it snarly like Steinway goes for.  My wife played it
and it did have decent sustain and sound throughout the registers.
Definitely in the American tonal tradition with a much cleaner bass tenor
than you usually encounter in an American piano maybe a little brighter in
the treble.  The bass is incredible in the low notes.  That low C almost
sounds like a big chopper, it tended to dominate the whole room.  
He is very approachable and it was fun to crawl under the piano and discuss
his belly design.  His next project is apparently going to be an 8' grand
piano.  He mentioned that a Steinway artist played it and sniffed that it
was weak in the bass (no snarl).  Amusing to the technicians among us--a
Steinway would be rather hard pressed to produce that kind of volume.  
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Andrew Anderson




 

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