Piano Too Loud

[kieranhello]

Hello,

I have a new Kemble piano, which is great. Just unfortunately it is in a room with high ceilings and not a great deal of soft furnishings.

Is there anything I can do to mute down the sound ? eg. foam inside, blanket/rug attached to the rear.

Even depressing the 'soft' pedal doesn't make much of a difference even though the hammers do move closer.

Help !

[Barrie Heaton]

Foam Rubber placed in the back of the piano will kill a lot Pulling the piano off the wall and hanging a Persian carpet on the wall

Or just have the piano toned down


Barrie,

[kieranhello]

thanks Barrie.

Do you mean actually inside behind the strings, or at the back beyond the soundboard ?

What about it I hang some in the space above the pedals ?

K.

[Barrie Heaton]

At the back
You could put some in the bottom but you would keep it away for the pedals
and the strings

Barrie,

[Steve071261]

You could also try putting the piano on a nice thick rug, maybe a decent Chinese-style thick wool one.

Might help, as might thicker curtains.

If the room acoustic is very lively, toning down the piano is more likely to give you a loud, dull piano than a quiet one, I suspect.

Could be wrong, of course, Barrie's the expert.

Steve

[Barrie Heaton]

If the room acoustic is very lively, toning down the piano is more likely to give you a loud, dull piano than a quiet one, I suspect.

Could be wrong, of course, Barrie's the expert.

Steve

If done badly you can lose a lot of the dynamic range it all depends on the room and the piano However, quite often pianists say the piano is too noisy
but what it tuns out is the piano is too bright and they want a softer tone

Often the client knows what sound they want in their heads but getting it across to the tuner..........


Barrie,