---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A comment I hear time and time again from some pianists goes along these lines. The fast cutoff of sound imparts a coldness to the character of the instruments overall tone... or at least ones perception of it. Fact is, I often get the feeling that I prefer the sound of a well functioning overdamper system myself. Some of those old Bluthner overdampers were well built and nice sounding instruments. Damper springs in uprights can be regulated to simulate this kind of soft damping... but its not easy to get them even. RicB Sarah Fox wrote: > Hi John (and Terry), > > > I have always known that Yamaha had an extremely efficient damper system. > > The cut-off is almost instantaneous. > >... > > I regularly play pianos ranging from a very harsh cutoff (my Hamilton) to a > rather sluggish cutoff (my friend's Knabe, which needs new damper felts). I > tend to get used to whatever I'm playing, after I've had time to practice on > it for at least a few days. However, I do dislike too abrupt a cutoff, just > like the music teacher. I think this dislike might be similar to a dislike > of "dead" acoustical environments (which also bother me in an aesthetic > sense). > -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a2/54/ff/f7/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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