<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>does having the lid open or closed = affect the quality of sound?<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Jack</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 07, 2003 = 10:10 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano Volume</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 5/7/03 11:43:47 PM Central = Daylight Time, <A = href="mailto:JackHouweling@dccnet.com">JackHouweling@dccnet.com</A> writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Hello</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>  <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Our church bought a = Steinway B which is a very nice piano. Now people are complaining that it is to loud. = We have a congregation of 300 people, a big pipe organ and people complain = the piano is overpowering. The piano is on a tile stage and they keep the = lid  closed while playing. Do you have any suggestions that I can tell = them to help control the volume of the piano? (does having an open or closed = lid make a difference in the  sound quality?)</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> </FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> </FONT><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Thanks Jack</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I presume that the piano is being played = during congregational signing, and not just when the choir is = singing.<BR><BR>It might very well be that the piano is being played at the right volume, = but that the congregation has never heard a piano before. They might be = used to hearing the organ played softly, and maybe the other piano was soft = too, so they don't sing very loud.  <BR><BR>Before doing anything = drastic, ask the piano player to play a little softer, but then over the next = couple of months, increase the volume a little. The congregation might have to = learn to sign a little louder.<BR><BR>Wim <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>