Disklavier

I figure anyone who wants to carry on a conversation
while their piano is playing in the same room while
they eat dinner or visit with their friends is really
not interested in the best acoustic room arrangements
or the greatest dynamic range they can achieve with
their pianos.  Most people who want to do this cannot
use their Disklaviers in this way without the foam
baffles.  Often, they don't want to cover those fancy
tile or hardwood floors or have the decor of the rooms
affected.  I stand by my original post as an
inexpensive and very effective way to tone down
acoustic pianos for the great variety of reasons people
have presented to me over the years.  This is a home
remedy - not a studio solution.  As with anything, you
can always find a more expensive and complicated way to
do the job!

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carpe Per Diem" <carpeperdiem@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [disklavier] sound absorbing baffles


> > First, use the special pour acoustic foam from
> > Markertek in New York (www.markertek.com).
>
> A better foam product from a company that specializes
in acoustic
> treatment is
>
>   http://auralex.com/
>
> There's more to treating an acoustic space than
putting absorption ON
> your instrument. The area around it is more
important. Do you have
> glass or ceramic tile in your room? Parallel walls?
High ceiling with
> right angle corners?
>
> Putting a bunch of MarkerFoam (which is actually a
very mediocre
> product - I have used it for a studio installation a
few years ago -
> and unless they've re-designed the formulation, it's
nowhere near as
> good as some newer generation foam products) on your
instrument will
> accomplish one thing- it will ruin the sound of your
instrument. The
> goal is to have your instrument sound great, but not
overwhelm the
> room that it's in.
>
> I suggest reading up on some acoustic treatment -- it
is NOT your
> piano that's the problem. It's the room that it's in.
>
> More reading:
>
> http://www.acoustics101.com/
> http://www.silentsource.com/index.html
>
>
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