<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=780393520-27032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Mary:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=780393520-27032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=780393520-27032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You might try convincing him to sell his current piano and then buy a digitial. That way he could plug in the headphones and play to his heart's delight without ever bothering another soul.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=780393520-27032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=780393520-27032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Just an idea.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=780393520-27032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=780393520-27032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Greg Casper</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=780393520-27032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>San Jose, CA</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>MBailey911@AOL.COM<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:56 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Volume Reducing Ideas?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>List - <BR><BR>I have an elderly customer who has his Baldwin grand at the nursing home with him.  We've already added the acoustic foam baffles from Edwards String Covers underneath the piano, which reduced the volume, but not enough to satisfy the people who work there.  I'm hesitant to recommend adding the top cover that they sell, since it doesn't appear from their test results that it will reduce the volume significantly, and is somewhat costly. <BR><BR>The only thing that this guy loves in life right now is his piano - plays it hours and hours each day.  Of course, as his hearing goes, he's probably also playing it louder so that he can hear it.  Any ideas or suggestions that would help him be able to continue playing without driving the workers crazy would be greatly appreciated. <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR>Mary Bailey</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>