[CAUT] Should performers rule? (Was Lacquered hammers)

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Tue Feb 22 20:37:26 MST 2011


On 2/22/2011 8:53 PM, Fred Sturm wrote:
>That fits the comment that Ron N made about customers
> saying the piano made them sound better than they were: They are
> protected from making harsh and strident sounds at the top of the
> spectrum, and because they don't have a lot of control and generally use
> too much force, they sound better.

No. None of the people I've heard the comment from were pounding on the 
piano. Their comment, according to them, had more to do with control 
throughout the dynamic range, particularly the pianissimo.

Ron N


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