In a message dated 11/10/1999 12:46:28 AM, Ricundampened wrote: <<"Yes!! for years I have been trying how to figure out how to get a hammer to strike a string in a "not-fully-dampened position." and even in the "fully dampened position" Have I got a lot to learn yet, or are you talking about half pedaling? ; )---ric">> Nah Ric this is probably just a semantic curvature..........when a note is repeated several times and the string vibrations have not been "fully" stopped by the dampers due to the sustain pedal being used as a metronome, or even your "half pedaling", or some other reason.... the color of the note will be different than from a fully 'stopped' position. Pitch is the same, the sound is different. I haven't figured out how to get a hammer to strike a string in the "fully dampened" position yet but there are a couple of techs around who have! :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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