Ed, I totally agree with you. The softer rimmed pianos seem to run out of headroom when they are really pushed. Ron O. ><< Given the Bosies solution, > >one would be tempted to consider that rock hard rims are not a > >neccessity for good tone at all.... >> > >Greetings, > Maybe not neccessary for tone, but I don't think the difference is so >much in the tone as the power. Even going over 9 feet doesn't make >an Imperial >more powerful in the back of the hall than your average, run of the mill, >Steinway D. Most all the Bosendorfer pianos I have seen had tone >out the whazoo, >(for the non-native readers, whazoo is a technical term that means "a lot"), >but there was a ceiling to their volume. Players have mentioned that the >European pianos like Bosendorfer, Bechstein, and Hamburg Steinways >sound beautiful, >but when played increasingly harder, reach a point of power saturation, after >which nothing else happens. In comparison, the New York D will usually >continue to deliver more as long as it is played harder, regardless. > I think the maple contributes to this characteristic. The Mason's, >Chickerings (some), Baldwins and Steinways, as well as a slew of long-gone >American brands, used maple and with good/new boards, most all these >pianos will have >unsurpassed power in comparison to their lighter wood-rim counterparts. >Regards, > > > >Ed Foote RPT >http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html >www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > -- OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY Grand Piano Manufacturers _______________________ Web http://overspianos.com.au mailto:ron at overspianos.com.au _______________________
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