[CAUT] Sustain in modern grands: was S S model M

[Porritt, David]

Of course there are some pianos that have 67 dampers where they should have 70 or so.  I have a couple of Bs here where E68 does ring out enough that I get complaints about it.  I can demonstrate what the problem is to the pianists by using my finger as a damper but knowing what causes the problem doesn't make it go away.  To me that is not a matter of too much sustain but rather too few dampers.

A design problem?  Horrors!

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed Sutton
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 11:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [CAUT] Sustain in modern grands: was S S model M

One of my customers has a 10-year-old S & S M. Due to construction and 
weather the humidity in her house has been very high this year. She 
complains that the sustain of the undamped treble has become too long! (It 
is long.)

In my shop I have a rescue piano, on which I have tested several of the 
technologies for increasing sustain. They work, and the piano is no fun to 
play.

Ed S.