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class=812344410-04032007>I was wondering, what is it that makes the bass in some
pianos (Steinway D's are usually good examples) sound snarly? I mean those very
pronounced ringing high partials at forte, which some like and others find
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class=812344410-04032007>Soundboard construction? Strings? Anything
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<P><FONT size=2>Calin Tantareanu<BR><A
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Andrew
Anderson<BR><B>Sent:</B> duminicã, 4 martie 2007 03:59<BR><B>To:</B> College
and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Rubenstien
Piano<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>As a Sauter dealer, I was in that same exhibit room and happened to
notice the piano (kind of hard not too). The tenor bass is incredibly
clean. He didn't choose to make it snarly like Steinway goes for.
My wife played it and it did have decent sustain and sound throughout the
registers. Definitely in the American tonal tradition with a much
cleaner bass tenor than you usually encounter in an American piano maybe a
little brighter in the treble. The bass is incredible in the low
notes. That low C almost sounds like a big chopper, it tended to
dominate the whole room. <BR>He is very approachable and it was fun to
crawl under the piano and discuss his belly design. His next project is
apparently going to be an 8' grand piano. He mentioned that a Steinway
artist played it and sniffed that it was weak in the bass (no snarl).
Amusing to the technicians among us--a Steinway would be rather hard pressed
to produce that kind of volume. <BR><SPAN
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size=2> ... </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>Andrew Anderson<BR><BR><BR>
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