Hi Ric, > ..... For > example the testing to see whether a ear muffed person can identify hardness > or not by feel alone. FAIW, Bose has come out with some noise cancelling headsets. I don't know how well they work or how much they cost, but I think this is the first time this technology is available on the consumer market. It would be particularly interesting to play around with these headsets to ask other questions about sound/experience relationships. Not only do the headsets electronically cancel external sounds/noises, but they are also, of course, *headsets* in the more conventional sense. So what would happen if the sound from the piano were bandpass filtered to mimic different hammer hardnesses and were fed to the pianist through the headsets. The effect???? Here's another interesting one: What if miniscule audio delays were introduced? What would be the effect on the pianist's perception of the crispness of the action??? (There might not be any effect, which would be interesting in itself.) Just throwing out ideas... Peace, Sarah PS Does anyone get my posts? Nobody ever responds to them, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm being shunned for some reason.
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