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Stephen Birkett SBIRKETT@envsci.uoguelph.ca
Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:44:27 -0400 (EDT)


> The answer to that is probably different for everyone.  I like putting it
> on the striking surface so it doesn't penetrate very deeply.  My goal is
> always a hard core and a soft surface.  That way a hard blow punches
> through the soft felt and gives a bright forte.  A light blow gives a
> darker color.  Certainly many would disagree with me.
>
> Dave Porritt, RPT
> SMU - Dallas
>
>
>
This is precisely the tonal concept required for fortepianos...thin
layered soft leather with solid wood core. Same f/p theory above
applies.

Stephen Birkett
Blackwood Hall
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada






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