Terry, I find your comment most interesting. I have not heard the Stuart in person but have listened to recordings of it on CD as well as recordings off their website. I suspect that what Terry hears is a deficit with this design - it gets "overloaded" (if you will) on more powerful playing. I don't believe that this comes from the board but rather the insecurity of the termination. I have listened to many recordings off the website, which are typically played at lower volume levels and can be lovely. But push it a bit and zingy overtones rear their ugly head - I think I have been hearing what Terry is talking about in his comments below. Recently, I had the good fortune to listen a 7' 6" Steingraeber at Larry Buck's shop in Haverhill, MA. I was able to put my hand on it, and listened to several people play it a varying volume levels as well. This piano has a carbon fiber soundboard and the Dain bridge agraffes throughout. To a lesser degree (in my guestimation) it suffered the same issues as Terry describes - although there was much to like about it too. If one has seen the two agraffes, there are more similarities than differences between them - the essential elements of the design are the same while the details of implementation are slightly different. So I would be inclined to believe that their individual tonal deficits would be rooted in the same problems. We have a number of piano design propeller heads out there. I would be very interested if others can offer the reasons why this type of design suffers from the issues Terry and I have remarked on. I have my own thoughts, but want to hear other views before sharing them. Will Truitt From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Farrell Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 6:33 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] 102 keys and 4 pedals??? The Stuart piano is stunningly, beautifully handcrafted and rather mesmerizing when played pianissimo or mezzo. But have you ever struck a cord with a forte blow or greater? It's scary - kinda like a aged troll shedding a young female models skin. Terry Farrell From: Jason Kanter <jkanter at rollingball.com>; To: Pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>; Subject: [pianotech] 102 keys and 4 pedals??? Sent: Sat, Nov 3, 2012 5:14:26 AM http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/grand-design-resonates-with-young- musicians-20121102-28ppk.html Any of you Ozzies familiar with this Stuart & Sons piano? Jason Kanter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121104/572bda5f/attachment.htm>
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