<html> At 09:32 AM 3/21/2003 -0700, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>List: I am the contract tech at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, CO. We have a new 280 seat recital hall that has a very bright lively acoustic and is easily overdriven by vocals and instrumentals.  I'm having a "dickens" of a time keeping the Yamaha CFIII (circa 1987) with Yamaha hammers voiced down fairly mellow yet articulate to please the pianists.  They want lots of color with projection, but not too loud.  The piano gets used for solos and accompanying small ensembles and vocals. <SNIP> Tom Merrill Grand Junction, CO (where minimum wage is a high paying job)</blockquote> Tom,     Very good voicing advice from the list, don't forget squeezing. Especially in the upper bass where the "nasal" syndrome seems to reside. Also, if you still get a lot of sizzle in the capo, you can use a strip of gaffers tape on the non-speaking space just in front of the capo, for emergencies. (gaffers won't gum-up the wires) Extra noise there is almost always from energy that's "escaping" from the speaking length.    The hall at NMSU has nifty motorized curtains on the side walls. Custom voicing. The Spencer Theater has super-cool quick-adjusting baffles and curtains, mainly above the main seating area. Perhaps it's a good project to investigate for future enhancement of your new facility. Good luck, Guy Nichols, RPT Ft. Stinkin' Desert, NM </html>