I'm pretty sure there are posts in the archives about this (though it might have been the dug mailing list). A piano is a loud percussion instrument, and is much louder than most people realise. I struggle to play my U1 upright at a low enough volume for background music where people can converse over it in my ~15x15 ft living room, and have similar issues with playback. That said, there are sound dampening kits for most pianos (uprights and grands) but they quite substantially change the tone of the instrument for the worse.
I normally use the digital piano sound if I want the piano on in the background - it convinces most people.
What piano do you have?
Cheers
James
On 29 January 2014 16:22, <arthurbergman75@...> wrote:
I have heard that completely closing the lid and placing a towel on the music board reduces the sound level. Has anyone tried this? Did it significantly reduce the volume level? I cannot test this on my piano as it is currently being fixed by Yamaha.