Size and Sound

[Richard Moody]

Conradical,

The stop flap on a reed organ does just that, stops the rank fom sounding.
 There is a swell flap though......
  I admit today's boxed in uprights sound rather "dead" from being so
closed up.  I suppose some maker could capitalize on his half opening top
and call it a "swell lid" 

Ric O'pen
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> From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Size and Sound
> Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 4:08 AM
> 
> Dear Ricpullingoutallthestops,
> 
> At 23:31 9/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> >Which leads to another point.  Wouldn't the lid closed in an upright
piano
> >act kind of like a stopped organ pipe? 
> 
> ...no more than closing the stop flap on a reed organ rank...
> 
> Conradjustgettingvertical
> 
> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT		hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
> 
> Chi si ferma è perduto.
>