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Well, you were right. This did not work. When I was practicing today (after almost one week of break), he was banging on the ceiling again. My heart sank when I heard that, because it showed that the platform did not work. I am so sick of it.

Now, back to the issue of compression of Sorbothane, it is very tricky. On one hand, you want "significant compression", but you also want to makes sure that it is not completely compressed (I guess). How does one determine this exactly? On the amazon website, I could see specs regarding load per pad, thickness, and Duro. These factors all interact with each other, making it difficult for me to find the right product.

Duro: I already bought the one with the lowest Duro setting (30), because that means the least stiffness (and more compression).

Regarding weight load per pad and thickness. Yes, there were ones that had a much lower weight load per pad, but they are also very thin such as 0.25 inch. I feared that they would then completely compress, rendering it useless. On the other hand, for the thicker types I ended up buying (0.5 inch), each pad had a very high weigh load (113-227 kg), so that means they probably do not compress enough.

Should I just use the weight load per pad as the sole criterion, and not worry about anything else?
By the way, where can I find the Sorbothane manual?

This is so frustrating ... I probably will buy the Sylomer pads from the German amazon site. At least point, I have already spent about C$150 on this f%cking problem.

I checked online the noise codes in Vancouver a few days ago. What your downstairs neighbor is doing is illegal. I suggest you get the police involved in solving this. They will tell him to stop bothering you by pounding on his ceiling. He is creating more noise for you than you are creating for him.

If it were me, I would force the issue by calling the police every time he pounded on the ceiling and report it. They will come, tell you that they can't do anything because he isn't loud enough and say to him to keep it down, whereupon he will complain about your piano, and they will tell him the same. Rinse and repeat until he cuts it the f*ck out.

Are you sure the noise your below neighbour is bothered by, is from vibration transmitted through the floor and not airborne thumping/clicking of the key? Maybe, with a friend, ask to hear the sound yourself in your neighbours apartment.

. . . Should I just use the weight load per pad as the sole criterion, and not worry about anything else?

Can you try a different keyboard stand? What if the keyboard was on a heavy desk?

That's a good idea. You either want to absorb the vibrations or spread them out to a greater area to disperse them. If moving the piano is an option, that's something to consider as well.

I'm sorry if you haven't mentioned this before, butt is it an option to move the piano? A lot of buildings have localized areas which transmit vibrations more.

Could you stand in your bad neighbor's apartment while someone (maybe him) pounds on your keys? Then you could move the piano to a different location and rinse & repeat.

Yes, I guess that could be done, if he is receptive to the idea of letting me hear the noise in his apartment, although I would not trust him with my piano, haha. He probably hates it (and me) at this point.

(Sorry, I already detest your downstairs neighbor 😡 and if I were you, I'd probably be thinking of ways to fill his door lock with crazy glue... 😈)

This is why we like you Tyrone. Beneath that kind exterior lies deviousness of a 16yo mean girl

Sorry, I already detest your downstairs neighbor 😡 and if I were you, I'd probably be thinking of ways to fill his door lock with crazy glue... 😈)

This is so frustrating ... I probably will buy the Sylomer pads from the German amazon site. At this point, I have already spent about C$150 on this f%cking problem.