[CAUT] CAUT Digest, Vol 23, Issue 23

[Avery]

That's what the symphony in San Angelo had. "Thought" it was only 9' but I've been wrong before. ;-) The rebuilders who did it called it Mason & Heavy!! LOL

On Sep 10, 2010, at 2:10 PM, "Ed  Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Jim-
> 
> It was the big one, 9'4" or so. CC?
> 
> Ed S.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu>
> To: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>; <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:26 PM
> Subject: RE: [CAUT] CAUT Digest, Vol 23, Issue 23
> 
> 
> Ed,
> 
> This may be a partial answer to a D I have. What size M&H was it?
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed Sutton
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:15 AM
> To: chris at csollidaypiano.com; caut at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT Digest, Vol 23, Issue 23
> 
> Chris-
> 
> I have played the big Mason & Hamlin with the carbon fiber shanks.
> 
> My sense was that it gave me more power and control than I usually have.
> 
> I felt the sound was brighter than I like. What surprised me was that within
> that brightness, there was a range of timbre that I could control easily.
> The clarity and promptness of attack reminded me, in an odd way, of playing
> a clavichord. This may be another way of saying the sustain begins sooner.
> 
> Bruce Clark said these qualities were definitely the result of the new
> action parts, the piano sounded different with wooden action parts. He also
> said the "edge" would be mellowed in a large hall, that he intended this to
> be a piano for a big auditorium.
> 
> My sense is that Bruce prefers a brighter sound than I like, or that this is
> his choice for M & H's in the showroom. He said an attempt to offer a choice
> of warmer voicing had not been well-received by dealers.
> 
> I really like the promptness of response in the carbon fiber shanks. I would
> hope that for me, and for smaller pianos and rooms, the sound can be
> mellowed.
> 
> Ed Sutton
> 
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