Piano Volume

[Jack Houweling]

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does having the lid open or closed affect the quality of sound?


Thanks Jack
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Wimblees@aol.com=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:10 PM
  Subject: Re: Piano Volume


  In a message dated 5/7/03 11:43:47 PM Central Daylight Time, =
JackHouweling@dccnet.com writes:


    Hello
     =20
    Our church bought a Steinway B which is a very nice piano. Now =
people are complaining that it is to loud. We have a congregation of 300 =
people, a big pipe organ and people complain the piano is overpowering. =
The piano is on a tile stage and they keep the lid  closed while =
playing. Do you have any suggestions that I can tell them to help =
control the volume of the piano? (does having an open or closed lid make =
a difference in the  sound quality?)
     =20
    Thanks Jack



  I presume that the piano is being played during congregational =
signing, and not just when the choir is singing.

  It might very well be that the piano is being played at the right =
volume, but that the congregation has never heard a piano before. They =
might be used to hearing the organ played softly, and maybe the other =
piano was soft too, so they don't sing very loud. =20

  Before doing anything drastic, ask the piano player to play a little =
softer, but then over the next couple of months, increase the volume a =
little. The congregation might have to learn to sign a little louder.

  Wim=20


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