[CAUT] tone color

[rwest1 at unl.edu]

Can anyone define "color" in piano tone?  I've always been a bit  
baffled by the term because I'm not a good enough player to  
appreciate differences in "color."  Is there any way of describing it  
in voicing terms that a piano technician is familiar with and could  
use to guide his work?

In cases where I've heard comments that a particular piano doesn't  
have color, it usually means the action is too light and the tone  
much to bright.  Is this what others have experienced?  Darker pianos  
seem to have lots of color, as long as they aren't too dull/dead  
sounding.

Richard West