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Greetings from Missouri everybody! I had a pastor call me with the complaint that his pianist just plays the piano too loudly. He was wondering if there was anything I could do to quiet down the piano. It is an upright Yamaha by the way. Any suggestions? Ryan Hassell Hassell's Piano Tuning Farmington, MO www.hassellspianotuning.com"Like" our fan page on Facebook
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Tell him to look up PEBKAC?
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LOL. I'm a pastor, too. We're all afraid of our musicians. =) We'd rather alter the piano than offend the pianist.  Too funny!
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Voice the hammers, increase the let off distance, dial in some lost motion, fill the space between the backposts at the rear with sound absorbing material.... Leave a brochure on "carpel tunnel for pianists" on the piano......... haa haa
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Put the quilters group or banner making group to work making a decorative padded fabric backing for the vertical piano. Kill two birds at once - a prettier piece to look at and a more gentle sound.
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When I hear about church piano pounders, my alarms start going off. String material fatigue, followed by string breakage at the terminations is quite likely soon to follow.
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Have the sound tech turn the piano up in the monitor mix high, and the player will back off
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I think Wayne has the answer here. The problem with voicing it down or changing the regulation is that the pianist will play it harder and harder to compensate.
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Maybe he is playing loudly because he prefers the piano to the choir ...
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Well come to find out, the piano is actually a Baldwin-Hamilton. It does indeed have a very bright tone. I'm going tomorrow to shape the hammers. Also, I have located some 4' foam that I'm going to cut and place in the recesses on the back of the piano. That should bring down the volume a little bit.
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Those Baldwins can be very loud and brassy. Deep needling the hammers can help to tame them (somewhat).
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