[CAUT] Piano truck acoustics

[Zeno Wood]

Thanks - you mean like a wooden door-stop kind of thing?  I'll give it a try.

Zeno Wood

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Andrew Anderson
<andrew at andersonmusic.com> wrote:
> Zeno,
> I learned from Guy Nichols to ground the piano to the floor with wedges
> kicked under the truck legs.  We painted them black to make them less
> obvious.  This is especially important up front as those arms tend to act as
> springs soaking up the pianist's efforts and the tonal energy.  It does make
> a remarkable difference.
>
> Andrew Anderson
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> On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Zeno Wood wrote:
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>> 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
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