[CAUT] low friction bearings

[Andrew Anderson]

That would call for a different, very precise hammer technique.

Andrew

At 11:00 PM 10/10/2005, you wrote:
>Andrew:
>>The ideal piano you describe would have to have the same length 
>>strings, ie single-strung.  At some level of friction the different 
>>non-speaking lengths on each end could become a problem for unison 
>>stability.  You would also want pretty stiff tuning pins, not the 
>>kind utilized in Boston uprights.
>
>Sure on the last point. But hypothetical pianos don't suffer the 
>same practical constraints as normal pianos. ;-)
>
>It wouldn't be difficult to have identical total string lengths for 
>each trichord.
>
>So do you (others) agree that it would be advantageous as proposed: 
>"friction free" bearings, solid stable front and back lengths, and 
>same total string lengths within a trichord?
>
>Stephen
>
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