That idea had been bounced around the list before the "inventor" came up with idea... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Zeno Wood" <zeno.wood at gmail.com> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 3/20/2009 3:18:41 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano truck acoustics >I remember about ten years ago Steinway was playing around with a >lower lid on a concert instrument. Here's the NY Times link: >http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/08/arts/not-even-practice-gets-a-2-lid-piano-into >-carnegie.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 >No picture, though. >-Zeno Wood >On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Andrew Anderson ><andrew at andersonmusic.com> wrote: >> Ric, >> Besides grounding the stage truck so that the big "springing" arms don't >> absorb a significant per-centage of the pianist's and piano's energy there >> is the "Under-Lid" to consider. Seems that I heard about that on this list. >> Someone built a rolling box with one side low, and the other side up to the >> bottom of the piano. The box was rolled under the piano from the lid hinge >> side and reflects the pianos energy out to the audience as well. >> >> Perhaps someone here is the one who mentioned this and can send us some >> pictures...? >> >> Andrew Anderson >> >> On Mar 20, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Richard Brekne wrote: >> >>> I've had this idea for years now of trying to build a special acoustic >>> platform for stage grands with acoustics designed to accent and project >>> lower frequencies ranges of the piano.... dvs 1500 hz downwards. There is >>> no doubt lost acoustic energy that one way or the other either spins out >>> into oblivion or gets randomly distributed by whatever connection to >>> whatever floor material there is. Since the energy is obviously there to >>> begin with... and since we are always looking for ways of making that nine >>> footer project bigger in that 3000-5000 seat hall.... why not try and make >>> use of it intelligently ? >>> >>> One of those things that is no doubt beyond my ken to begin with, and I >>> will never have time to fool with anyways... but keeps hitting my curiosity >>> lobe. >>> >>> Cheers >>> RicB >>> >>> >>> 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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