[CAUT] Piano truck acoustics

[Dan Reed]

Great observation....The trucks metal members and the rubber tires 
flex, and damp energy from  two directions... energy from the musician, 
and the reflected energy from the soundboard.

Dan Reed
Dallas, Tx


On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Porritt, David wrote:

> I agree with you.  We had the same situation in years past (Yamaha on 
> big brass casters, Steinway on truck) but then last summer we got the 
> big casters for the Steinway.  In addition to looking nicer and 
> rolling better it sounds better too.  Since you can't realistically do 
> a side-by-side comparison it's difficult to "prove" but I'm convinced.
>
> dp
>
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of 
> Zeno Wood
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 9:14 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: [CAUT] Piano truck acoustics
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the acoustic qualities of
> a piano truck versus having rubber or metal casters.  We have a
> Steinway D (on a truck) in our recital hall that sounds big when
> you're sitting at it, but doesn't sound as big when you're 30 feet
> back, in the audience.  But the Yamaha with big honking metal casters
> doesn't sound as big up close, but sounds bigger from the audience.
> Thoughts?
>
> Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
>
> Thanks,
> Zeno Wood
> Brooklyn College
>
>