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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Mark Wisner writes the =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:mwissner@earthlink.net" =
title=mwissner@earthlink.net>Mark
Wisner</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 07, 2001 9:13 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: pianotech-digest V2001 #309</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>"Todays piano manufacturers have, well simply lost perspective...
they</DIV>
<DIV>continually explore the possibilities for making instruments more =
and
more</DIV>
<DIV>explosive in sound"</DIV>
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<DIV>If the above is true, it's only because that's what the folks =
buying pianos
want. Manufacturers respond to market conditions =
and it's
up to us as musicians and technicians to change the market if we think =
it needs
changing. </DIV>
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<DIV>I have to say that's only partly trust in my experience my farther =
was a
Yamaha dealer for more than twenty years. In the beginning the grands =
were
coming in nicely voiced and perhaps a little European sounding(who knows =
what
that means any more) mellowish. Sometimes people objected but when we =
could
convince them to try it and let it break in ,the sound would develop in =
to a
nice round but present sound and hold that tone for a considerable =
period of
time. Others would not buy it and insist on instant sound or they =
would
buy the kawai which was a shade brighter at that time.</DIV>
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<DIV> I have to confess that I have had not one client for =
many
years who is crying for the instant on sound. They want something =
different and
that is a full bodied sound with out the ear shattering power of the =
hard
hammer(Petrified felt) syndrome. In order to compete with the big corps. =
my
pianos have to be well prepared but it's the sound that sells, and I'm =
finding
great appreciation for the big fat present sound that musicians and =
hearing
dominate people are attracted to. Private rebuilders may in some small =
way be
creating a small but quiet revolution against the sound so many of you =
are
objecting to.</DIV>
<DIV> I find that many new pianos of all makes are =
limited by
the style of hammer. All that design and engineering short =
circuited
by concrete hammers. What's wrong with that picture??????</DIV>
<DIV> If new manufactured pianos want to keep up with the =
private
rebuilder they should offer a special line of Well voiced pianos. There =
is
market for it and it's quite large Mark.</DIV>
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<DIV> respectfully submitted</DIV>
<DIV> Dale Erwin</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>