How low is a piano?

I've heard that the open low string on a upright bass is about 42hz. Does anyone know where the lowest notes on a piano fall?

grimace04-19-2010 11:31pm

kenyonbm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 141 posts 04-20-2010 at 12:03am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete On a 88 note piano, the low A is 27.5 hz.
hoff48 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 26 posts 04-20-2010 at 12:18am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sorry. That should be 4186 for the highest.
philjolet Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,306 posts 04-20-2010 at 12:30am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 4186 hz Hmm higher than the crossover point for most tweeters... another reason pianos are difficult to reproduce...
nsgarch Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,524 posts 04-20-2010 at 01:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Supposedly, the two hardest things to record are piano and human voice -- not because of frequency range, but because they have wider dynamics (soft-to-loud) than all other sources. Anyone else ever hear this?
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,992 posts 04-20-2010 at 02:28am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Reproducing piano on a speaker is an interesting subject. I've owned a lot of different speakers, and of all of them, I'd say that the ProAc Response 1 was the best at reproducing piano in a lifelike way. The thing is, it is a small speaker with limited low frequency reach, and it wasn't my favorite overall.