The Feel of Voice

[gordon stelter]

Maybe part of what a person who claims they can "feel"
different voicings is experiencing is the
hammershanks' re-contact with wippen at different
velocities depending on hammer firmness. That, and
their own varying exertion to achieve a desired volume
level. These plus different, deeper, more esoteric
stuff, as Sarah suggests. Or the flinching pain of
cringing from an out of tune piano, which somehow
affects one's sense of touch.
     Thump



 --- Sarah Fox <sarah@gendernet.org> wrote:
> 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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