Is there a way to tone down the volume of my piano without ruining the integrity of the sound? I live in an apartment, and I know it's impossible to never hear one's neighbors but I would like to be as respectable as possible.
2007-03-23 16:15:52 · 7 answers · asked by rhoda penmark 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I had exactly this same problem and I came up with a few solutions. I assume you have an upright, not a grand.
1. Buy one of those egg-foam pads you put on top of a mattress. Pull the piano far enough away from the wall to slide this behind it. Trim it to size, and push the piano back against the wall. The sound board for uprights is on the back, so this will absorb quite a bit of sound, and no one will see it if you trim it well.
2. Remove the bottom cover (right above the pedals). Place a couple of old pillows in the empty space on the sides. Make sure you keep them clear of the pedal rods so this won't interfere with the pedals.
You can also use the damper and una corda pedals to play quieter (these pedals shift the hammers closer to the strings so they don't strike as hard; they also shift the action so that the hammers only strike one string instead of 2 or 3 per note).
Finally, if that still isn't enough, you can put a strip of felt across the strings. It will still play fine, but the sound will be much softer. Uprights at the turn of the century often had a felt strip that would be lifted up and down by the damper pedal instead of moving the hammers closer to the strings. Good luck!
2007-03-23 19:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by Music 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't. Fundamental requirement before you sign up. Just like the requirement to have a personal computer as a freshman in college, you can't do the work without the tool. Some have arranged to use the piano of a neighbor, or an institution such as a school or church, synagogue, etc. You have to be Very Disciplined, especially as a beginner, to keep that daily appointment and go to that piano, or again, you are pretty much wasting your time (and the teacher's time) Other than teaching yourself a little about how to read notes, and fundamentally learn the keyboard, no matter what you see said on Y/A, or hear, you really can't learn to play the piano well without a teacher. Best regards.
2016-03-17 01:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Piano Mutes
2016-12-12 20:20:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mute a piano.... doesn't that defeat the purpose of having one?
2007-03-23 16:19:13 · answer #4 · answered by aagirl 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
take boards or something that absorbs sound and put it on top the side and everywhere to absorb most sound or play softly try to play at resonable times play good and soft tunes to put someone to sleep
2007-03-23 16:25:12 · answer #5 · answered by funkylilbrat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there is a pedel then you can push the pedel up and down for volume
2007-03-23 16:19:32 · answer #6 · answered by mcr_concert_luva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read what the person is asking idiot
2015-06-11 12:34:00 · answer #7 · answered by Brandon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋