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Sound baffle batting

Our choir director asked for a quilt for the back of the piano to help quiet the piano down (as this very loud director can't seem to quiet himself)! I automatically thought of using a high loft polyester batting - but then I got to thinking that it might not be dense enough of muffle the sound. Has anyone else done any sound baffle quilts? What kind of batting would be the best?

I have already considered a variety of ways to attach it to the back of the piano too, but am always open to suggestions there as well.

I'm not the lead on the project, I just offered to help the person that this was requested of because I love doing these things. If we do use a polyester, I will be doing the quilting work because the lead quilter is allergic to it!

Kind of a short intro to this project, and we probably won't get to it this summer, but thought I'd do a bit of research before we get started!

Thanks! Dannielle

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Dannielle
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You might want to see what's done commercially. The 'baffles' on the back of the piano and organ in our sanctuary are very heavy pleated velvet. (Not something I usually would have noticed but I was searching for model numbers.) Polly

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Polly Esther

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Pat in Virginia

Now, now, Pat. You just go back to tidying the guest room. We'll call you. Polly

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Polly Esther

'cause the really good ones were really bad last week so they came in to feel cleansed. While there they figured it wouldn't hurt to advertise a little so they left their numbers in the sanctuary...... ;)

G> You look for numbers of models in the sanctuary? Why

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Ginger in CA

No suggestions for sound quieting... but maybe velcro for attaching?

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Kate G.

I suggest you contact a local moving company and inquire about how to purchase one of their "pads", which are commercially made heavy-duty quilts of various sizes used to provide protective padding around furniture being loaded for transport. Whoever makes those probably also makes the ones professionally used for piano backs. Those have grommets, and corresponding hooks are added to the piano for hanging the quilt pads. You can add a decorative cover if that would help make the piano more attractive.

If all this guy wants is some sound baffling, you can use pieces of ordinary cardboard cut to size and put inside the back of the piano very effectively, the number of pieces dependent upon the amount of sound dampening desired. (If you look at the back of an upright piano you will note that there are several places where the sound board is visible.) Once you have the cardboard pieces sitting inside the "holes" covering the sound board, you can add any sort of decorative cover you like -- plain fabric, a light quilt, wrappind paper, etc.

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Mary

Oh! I like! We can make the quilt however we want and then if it doesn't dampen enough we can put the ugly stuff inside and no one will see it at all!!!

Dannielle

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Dannielle

We had an upright piano in an apartment once and bought some sort of baffle so it wouldn't cause the neighbors to lynch us. It went somewhere inside and worked perfectly. So you really ought to check out the pro stuff first. Might even cost less than quilt materials. Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

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