Tim, your story reminds me of a similar mishap that resulted in one of the world's more serene musical compositions.
On Christmas eve in 1818, it was discovered that mice apparently ate holes in the leather chests of a church pipe organ in the village of Oberndorf, Austria rendering the instrument useless. The assistant pastor, Joseph Mohr, was determined that the lack of organ music was not going to spoil his service, and he quickly composed the words to Silent Night. He then gave those words to schoolmaster and church organist, Franz Gruber, who set the words for two solo voices, chorus, and guitar. The new Christmas work was premiered that evening.
I think that we should have a special place in our hearts (but not in our Disklaviers!) for mice.
Regards,
PianoBench
On Dec 15, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Tim Meyer MD wrote:
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"
> To:
> 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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