The only issues
that I have ever had were putting the piano in a place where the large smooth
surfaces did not cause assymmetric reflections that messed with the stereo
presentation.
The damper pedal on a piano is "on"
when not depressed. The pianos ability to ring is severely coprimised. A
guitar, cello, contrabass has no installed damper and rings per design. The
damper is the players arm or fingers.
I am sure that Steverinos preference to solo
piano has nothing to do with ringing. Any loud playing as a solo instrument
would also excite "more" wide band noise if the piano were truly so
inferior. The thought did make me smile however. Generally, the real problem
with piano is that it is well tempered. This sounds fine alone, but when
playing with other "just" tuned instruments, we get sum and
difference interference tones. They cause broad band beats that are disturbing
to some and part of the art form to others. I feel fortunate that the musicians
and composers intentions transcend all of this audiophoolery for my listening.
That is probably because my instrument, the trumpet has the most intonation
problems of any orchesteal instrument. High Q and very short air column. Not
much room for play - especially with a piano.
I would imagine that the piano would be
beneficial for a large scale audio system. The soundingboard absorbs resonance
and if anything at all, would release a VERY small portion delayed in time.
Coupling to the floor is something that the heavy brass wheels do well. For
added transmission the brake mechanically couples even more |
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