Muffling a Baldwin L with a QRS Pianomation 2000CD+

[Samuel Choy]

Hi List,

And happy Thanksgiving for those of us in the U.S.

I'm trying to help a customer make a Baldwin L with a QRS player softer. 
The problem, I think, is really the acoustics of the room, not the 
piano. The piano is in a lobby of St Mary's Hospital here in Rochester, 
MN. The room is made from stone tile from floor to ceiling. It echoes 
worse than a gymnasium.

For this reason, I really don't want to needle the hammers. To me, it 
sounds like getting a tattoo to cover a pimple--a permanent solution to 
a temporary problem.

One stipulation  she put on me too, is that the solution can't be 
anything that can be seen, such as something that would go over the 
strings. This is because the piano is in a public area. Anything that 
can be seen in that room and isn't locked down tends to walk away.

Thanks.

Sam Choy