---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Barbara, In the (almost) 11 years I've been at the university, I've also found this to be very true in relation to how heavy/light an action feels! I've also found that regulation, especially along with voicing, to have the same reaction. Avery At 02:02 PM 1/5/04, you wrote: >Hey Ric, > >So, would the good kind of heavy have anything to do with the magic of >voicing? I know you've got your numbers (75!), but I've encountered >pianists making comments about a piano's action feeling heavy, when what >they really wanted was the piano to be voiced brighter and more >responsive....and the opposite, a piano feeling too light because the >voicing was too bright. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can have >perfect numbers (which you didn't before you worked on it), but the >pianist's perception of the tone can sometimes make those numbers a moot >point. Just a thought.......though the *Ric Brekne sound* is probably >remarkably consistent! ;-) > > >Barbara Richmond, RPT >somewhere near Peoria, IL > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> >To: "Newtonburg" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:26 AM >Subject: The Good kind of Heavy > > > > Hi touchweight freaks. I wrote a few weeks ago about an August Forster > > grand we have at the university that students just love to play on > > because of its heavy touch. I have heard time and time again that the > > instrument feels heavy in "the good way". > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/25/24/80/b5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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