Terry, Not true. It depends on the size of the hall. Our 800 seat hall (with GREAT acoustics) would probably work with a 7'! It probably has the best acoustics of any hall in Houston! And I've heard that from more than one person! Avery At 04:20 PM 10/6/05, you wrote: >Exactly. Many (and I among them) feel that most halls that exceed >400-500 seats are too large for ANY piano! > >So, I guess if you have a 600 or 800 seat hall you might want to >consider a ten or twelve foot piano! > >Terry Farrell > >----- Original Message ----- > >>Our larger recital hall here is 500 seat and the D and CFIIIS are >>certainly not too much. It's really quite live also. I personally >>think a 9' would be my goal, and 7' pretty much the minimum but that's >>just me. > >>David M. Porritt >>dporritt@smu.edu >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>Is there a "rule of thumb" for Hall size vs piano >>size? I've been asked to suggest size of piano for a >>600 to 800 seat Hall. How small is too small? >> >>Regards, >>Don Rose, > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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