Bill Ballard wrote: > It's a trick question: what makes an action feel lighter, low BWs or > low FWs. Friction of 8-10g in an action *without* loose fitting > centers, could only come from low SWs. A BW of 50g has to come from > in any case from low FWs, but in Ri's scenario, low SWs as well. > > So Ric is asking, what feels lighter, a low BW because of a high FW, > or a high BW because of a low FW. As I gather, the answer should come > from the pianist's perception, not a set of gram weights. > > Bill Ballard RPT > NH Chapter, P.T.G. Hmm... it seems to me even more thick then just these two options me thinks Bill. In either case we are also dealing with a big difference in Hammer mass to make the feel of the action "light" as it were. In the low FW / high BW scenario we are going to need pretty light hammers to keep from getting sky-high BW. And in the low BW / high FW we are going to need heavier hammers to keep the BW from dropping through the floor. The amount of hammer mass, and the voice of the hammers they have at any given mass level figure quite significantly into the pianists experience of the "heaviness" or "lightness" of the action... as these preceptions are nearly impossible to seperate from "responsiveness" for nearly anyone who simply plays the instrument. That being said. The technician I refer to does indeed aliken the idea to what McMorrow does, tho the reasoning I've read seems much less thought through and much more "what my customers like", if you get my meaning. I'm not trying a trick question here, I'm just after your thinkings, and I do thank you for them. RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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