Regarding pianos that are too loud... I had a real problem with my Steingraber upright - after an hour of playing my ears just couldn't take any more, and this in a fully carpeted room with full-length velvet curtains. A temporary solution was a blanket over the top of the piano, but it didn't work quite as well as I wanted it to. In the end, I built a wooden frame about the same size as the visible area of the soundboard from the back of the instrument and put a duvet over it. I then wedged the wood-duvet structure between the wall and the back of the piano. The result was a massive reduction in sound. Granted, the piano hasn't been enhanced tonally by this, but it means my ears don't tire even if I play all day. (No, that pleasure is reserved for my wrists .) You could do a similar thing with the underneath of a grand piano, but you'd have to be a bit more clever with your method, and you'd also have to accept a slight (but completely reversible) degradation in the appearance of your instrument. I'm not sure how effective it would be, but it has to be better than going deaf.
Neighbours, perhaps!
If they retalitate tonight, tomorrow I'll plug the digital into the 2700-watt stereo system and use the pipe organ voice.
Neighbours, perhaps!I am currently going to buy an upright, live in a flat and have a living room of about 25 sq meters (about 270sq. feet). No carpets or lugs, the floor is made out of wood.I live in the ground floor, so I do not have neighbours underneath. But I have them beside and above.I would like to buy a yamaha u3, but I am thinking about the u1, since perhaps the u3 might be too loud, even for me, under such conditions, and specially after having read what Richard W has written about headaches.Since the investment is quite high, I would not mind in going for the u3, but the loudness worries me.What do you think ? do you know any relationship about room/piano size ?ThanksPedro
PMPO or RMS?
I hate to bring out the Doomsday weapon, but civilization is at stake.
In all fairness, you DO have to warn them that the doomsday machine exists, you are aware of that, no?
Yes, and ethical that I am, I told them. The moving van is warming up as I type this.