I tried a blanket on top of the piano temporarily to absorb the unwanted volume. The next day, my piano sounded horribly dissonant. To my dismay, a mouse had crawled up a blanket corner near the floor, entered the piano's interior and pulled damper felt from about 20 keys to build a nest overnight! The blanket idea turned into a $300 mistake. Tim in Minneapolis Mark wrote: > My biggest gripe with my MX100 XG II has been volume. I finally bought a > blanket to hang on the wall behind it. It muffles it horribly. At least > it matches the decor of the room. I was going to try accoustic ceiling > tiles that are used in t-bar ceilings but have not since I expect it to > still sound muffled. When I take down the blanket, the piano jumps to > life. Too bad it is sooooo loud. > Home Depot has accoustic panels in 2 x 4 (ceiling tiles in the floor and > wall dept) and 4 x 8 (sound insulation next to the wall thermal > insulation) They are cheap enough for a test. > > If anybody finds or comes up with a program to convert existing files to > lower velocity, I would be very interested. > > Mark in Idaho > > btw My only other gripe is the lack of music selection to play. My > preference is along the style of Lorie Line. She is a Yamaha Artist but > has not plans to record on a Disklavier. I don't care what any > audiophile says. An acoustic piano will alwayssound better that the best > audio recording. > > > > Carol Beigel wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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Re: [disklavier] sound absorbing baffles
2005-12-15 by Tim Meyer MD