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<DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Barbara.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Have
you thought about a bottom lid for this piano. I've installed one in a difficult
hall and had great result. You only need sound reflective material that is
installed below the piano with an angle about the same as the top lid. It can be
tried easily. We had listeners with eyes closed and a technician removing and
installing the bottom lid, and all were unanimous about the sound outpout
increase in the hall.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel
Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=448412021-30082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Barbara
Richmond<BR><B>Sent:</B> August 30, 2004 1:01 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Big Hammers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some of you may remember the thread last spring,
voicing for a big, dead, hall. Still waiting for the bureaucracy to make
up their minds, but in the mean time I've been thinking a lot about the
project and I'd like to have a chat about hammer size. The hall is huge
(3500 seats or so), has lots of carpet and poses a challenge for the piano's
projection.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I won't go into all the piano's issues (of
which it has quite a few and I can deal with them), but there is one area
I'd like to hear your opinions. Right now, the piano (Steinway D) has
the biggest hammers on it that I've ever seen. Is it a fact that
BIG hammers will help power and projection, especially in a problem setting
like this? A friend has recommended that I "leave them big."
Some days I agree with him and on others, I don't. Of course, I won't
really know what's going to work until I dig in, but I'd just like to hear
what your experience has been.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond,
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