[CAUT] Steinway selection

[Douglas E. Wood]

My misunderstanding. Though my (not always reliable) memory is of far more bellies opening up in a good way over the first few years, than in a negative way. One notable D finally came fully into its own nearly 12 years in.! Of course I do live where the humidity changes are relatively few and small. And I do know that hostile environments CAN diminish a good belly pretty fast...

But then there is the problem of anticipating the maturation of the piano. That's not a trivial skill, either. But it is learnable.

Doug

On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, David Love wrote:

> BTW the "stay there" I was referring to was related to how the bellies
> change not the hammers. And the bellies often can and do change quite a bit
> in the first few years.  Usually, not for the better.
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> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Douglas Wood
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:24 PM
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> Getting the piano to "stay there" is definitely our job, IMO.
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> Doug
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