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Barbara,<br>
While hunting for "every little bit" of
projection for a D I service, I discovered the extra belly brace sold by
PianoTek. It's for the treble, and really helped octaves 61/2 thru to the
top. Better projection, little higher volume, much better sustain. Not
too expensive, and a piece-o-cake to install and test. Y'know, when
every little thing adds up to get more..... more. Also, is the piano
"grounded"? Big halls laugh at pianos on flexing,
rubber-wheeled springs. A couple of blocks for under the front work
wonders.<br><br>
Just a couple of <font face="Verdana">¢ </font>worth,<br>
Guy<br><br>
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At 12:00 PM 8/30/2004 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Hey
all,</font><br>
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<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><br>
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<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><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Thanks,</font><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Barbara Richmond,
RPT</font></blockquote></html>