---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Andre, Actually, I was joking about the crouching :) I do have another query, just so I can have this in mind if the=20 situation ever comes up. My apartment is not adjacent to other=20 apartments. However, below is an office space available for limited use=20= that someone else rents. A new person just started renting and I wanted=20= to minimise the sound going downstairs, in case they have a problem. With your new walls, what type of sound isolation/soundproofing is in=20 them? Also, please tell me you had an elevator to get that piano up 4=20 floors! What kind of piano? Nice picture from your room! I don't have nearly as nice of a view when=20= I wake up in the night for a pee. - John > HI John, > No, the original ceilings in this older apartment house are quite=20 > high, typical for that period (early twenties) and the style it was=20 > built in. > The ceilings are about 3.20 mtr high. > The lower ceiling, combined with the higher floor makes for about 30=20= > cm all in all, so inside the 'new room' the ceiling is still=20 > reasonably high. > We had an unexpected problem though : > The weight of mainly the grand piano compressed the rubber under=20 > layers so much, that the original windows, when opened, began to touch=20= > the window frame of the window, built in the new room. > The builder was able to fix it with a plane but he was sweating....=20 > pfooooh! > >> >> Do you mind if I ask app. how much that cost? >> >> - John > > of course not John, this was almost 5 years ago and the price was in=20= > Dutch Guilders (still) Dfl. 17.000,-- > That is now appr. =80 7700,-- which is in US $ 9800,-- cheap. > I recommended the guy who did the job for me to other musicians, and I=20= > know that he has raised his price. > We are happy with the final result. he did a neat job also in the=20 > finish of the interior, and it is absolutely quiet, even in the middle=20= > of the night! > > > Since we are talking about a piano-soundproof room in my house, I=20 > could not resist inserting this nice picture taken from that very=20 > studio room. > It overlooks the Reinier Vinkeleskade (a Dutch painter) where we see=20= > an abundance of small boats, ducks and geese going by. > I usually wake up in the night for a pee, and always take a look out=20= > of the bay windows in the other front room. =46rom those short 'night=20= > walks' I have learned that ducks almost never really sleep! In the=20 > middle of the night I see them swimming around and yelling out loud :=20= > Quack-Quack Quack-Quack!! restless creatures, dem ducks........ > > <IMG_0134.jpg> > > friendly greetings > from > ANDR=C9 OOREBEEK > > Where 'music' is no harm can be > > www.concertpianoservice.nl > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3892 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4a/34/44/0b/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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