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I see this mentioned fairly frequently on PW but don't know what it sounds like. Could someone describe it or better yet post a recording of a piano with tubby tone? Thanks.
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If you lightly touch a bass string (with a clean finger or with a glove on) near the agraff you can simulate a tubby bass string. They lack sustain and upper harmonics, so they sound dull. Tubby is a range. If they are just a little tubby it may not be that noticeable to an inexperienced ear. A very tubby string is very noticable to anyone, especially if it is right next to a normal string.
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Kind of like the difference ‘twixt a tom-tom drum and a floorboard... ðŸ˜
Also, what Rysowers said ðŸ‘😊
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Dooomph! Instead of dooooooong!
That kind of sound...sort of.
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Its literally like hitting a metal tub (like in your laundry or bathtub)- dull, flat, lacking in high harmonics, short decay time. Hence tubby!
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Dooomph! Instead of dooooooong!
That kind of sound...sort of.
Pwg ...."Dooomph......" exactly.......I don't know about dooooooong! but "Dooomph" is perfect.....that's the tone, good one Peter.
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