In a regular wood bridge piano, we would have a non-projecting signal that would die out too fast and sound choppy like it started and ended quickly. At the time of this letter, we have a 1200-pound Steinway Square Grand in stock that is an 1883 and it plays fine, but without a crown on the sound board the sustain isn’t there. If someone played rag time music the piano sounds fine, but if you play a slow song, it really dies out too fast, so you must speed up a slow song to hear it correctly.

Normal wood bridge pianos the first 20 years when the sound board is at the optimal height are considered the best years, and as time goes on the sound board descends downward till the piano eventually doesn’t sustain well. With granite, it’s nice to have the curve in the soundboard, but it’s not demanded to be there, so the end product is that the granite piano could sound great for hundreds of years. It begs the question… when will it stop sounding good (which century)?

In addition is the feeling the piano had when the treble didn’t die out fast was enticing. In the normal wood bridge pianos sound gets depleted (while transmitting) going through wood to the sound board. Basical in piano pieces that are played in the upper middle and treble areas, it is the harmonics in the lower notes that are mainly heard holding the tone. Now with granite that has all changed, as the treble intermixes without major fall off (harmonics mix longer). With these extra harmonics the piano piece takes on a special feeling (continuation), as it seems so pleasing to the body/mind.  The piano has a 3rd quality to it as another dimension has been added to the experience.