This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Jason. I agree with your thoughts about the importance on the sound of the = pianist's feel at the fingertips. But there is another thing that is easy to experiment : the influence of = the thump of the key landing on the keyframe on the final sound of the = note being played. More than that, not only the sound of the very thump = here mentionned, but also the way this impulsion feeds back to all the = strings via the keybed, the rim, the soundboard and the bridge, and = gives extra energy to the vibration of the string and the whole acoustic = machine, and mixes up with the thump of the hammer and hammer shank at = hammer-string contact time. You can easily isolate that thump by = removing a hammer from the hammer rail and playing the corresponding = note (with the action in the piano) : the key knocking sound you hear = (emphasized very much if you depress the demper pedal) is really part of = the overall sound. Now, change the punching, the sound will change = accordingly. What is magic is how the final acoustic result of some = blends of impulsions make you feel good, while other (only slightly = different) blends, not so. What I found great at Andr=E9's punchings is that they have exactly the = right firmness : harder ones tend to make a disagreable thump (tac tac = tac) in the trebble, and softer ones won't give you the nice end of dip = feeling (and regulation), and will absorb more of the energy of the key = thump. Best regards. St=E9phane Collin. The truth, I suspect, is in the marvelous nervous structure leading to = the artist's fingertips. The regulation of aftertouch is, let's say, 10x = more precise with the antares punching than with a too-soft punching. I = suspect that the fingers, finding a much more precise bottom, are able = to deliver that much more precise a blow. Having played and found this = certain bottom, the *fingers* are now much more sure of how much force = to use in the attack on the keys. This is what affects the tone. The = artist's touch is made more effective by the clean bottom.=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d4/32/ff/71/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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