I would say its evident on all pianos, regardless of age. I wouldnt have said that 2 years ago, but I have worked very hard at improving voicing skills these past 3 years, and now I would have to say I notice this area fairly readily. I have also run into a new name for this so called killer range. Grijavla refers to it as the (well known) melodic range of the piano. Cheers RicB Farrell wrote: > I have a question for techs that work on new pianos: What is the incidence of an identifiable Killer Octave area on a new piano? Let's say the threshold for its existence will be with voicing efforts - when you need to "voice the piano down" to blend the weak area (the Killer Octave) into the rest of the keyboard. Feel free to identify fallboard names (or not). > > And yes, I have an ulterior motive - it has to do with a past technical presentation at a PTG chapter meeting. > > Anyone? > > Terry Farrell > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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