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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net><br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Fri, Mar 18, 2011 8:57 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] What is bloom,<br>
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On 3/18/2011 7:52 PM, Dale Erwin wrote: <br>
> Ron <br>
> How about sound pressure, partial balance and clarity. The short <br>
> subjective version is that when I puck a string to test sustain I alwasy <br>
> try to pluck lightly with the same amount of force. If I pluck lightly <br>
> and it just seems to be like a horse that wants to run free and easy...I <br>
> like it...a lot. If I pluck a string lightly and there seems to be a <br>
> resistance to vibrating freely...then that dog just won't hunt. <br>
> Does that clear it all up? <br>
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Well, no, it doesn't by far. Killer octave and above problems tend to
manifest at dynamic levels far beyond anything plucking will reveal. I
find plucking to be the most optimistic, and among the least revealing
of tests in the soundboard diagnostic arsenal. Almost everything sounds
acceptable at pluck level, except total basket cases. <br>
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So how has JD's observation now gone from lifting dampers after playing
a chord, to "bloom" within a single played note, to assessing a
soundboard by string plucking? It seems to be gravitating from an
interesting and potentially educational curiosity, to personal marketing
copy. Or am I imagining it? <br>
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Ron N <br>
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