[CAUT] Snarly bass, was RE: Rubenstien Piano

[Keith Roberts]

Single wrap strings. Double wrap strings sound better, My mentor uses double
wraps.

Keith Roberts


On 3/4/07, Calin Tantareanu <calin1000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  Hello!
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> 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?
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> Calin Tantareanu
> 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
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> 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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