<HTML><BODY> Richard Moody wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>---------- <BR><I>> From: John Elliott <jelliott@webgate.net></I> <BR><I>> To: pianotech@byu.edu</I> <BR><I>> Subject: Re: Tonal control from the keyboard</I> <BR><I>> Date: Sunday, April 13, 1997 11:30 PM</I> <BR><I>></I> <BR>Richard Moody wrote: <BR>---------- <BR><I>> From: BobDavis88@aol.com</I> <BR><I>> To: pianotech@byu.edu</I> <BR><I>> Subject: Re: Tonal control from the keyboard</I> <BR><I>> Date: Sunday, April 13, 1997 3:01 PM</I> <BR><I>></I> <BR><I>></I> <BR><I>> from Richard Moody:</I> <BR><I>> >The only thing a piano keyboard can do in regard to tonal quality</I> <BR>(or <BR><I>> >control) is vary the velocity of the hammer.</I> <BR><I>> -------------</I> <BR><I>> Another factor I have seen mentioned is oscillation of the shank</I> <BR>and hammer <BR><I>> head. Take for example two blows, each causing the same sound</I> <BR>pressure level <BR><I>> but one of which is a staccato style, which has most of its force</I> <BR>at the <BR><I>> beginning, and one a more "pushing" blow. Although the hammers</I> <BR>reach the same <BR><I>> final speed, some would say that a different set of oscillations</I> <BR>are set up <BR> <BR>Now, there's a bunch of malarky if I ever heard any..... <BR> <BR>Balooney. State your facts. </BLOCKQUOTE> <BR>Balooney. State yours! <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <BR> <BR>Richard Moody <BR>ps Wo your signature or intitials in split post replies, it makes it <BR>difficult to see who is saying what. <BR>pps those little greater thans, > mean something, deleting those <BR>makes it really confusing. There is a very excellent faq on posting <BR>to the Internet from Yahoo.... </BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> </BODY> </HTML>
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