Richard's point is one which occurred to me after reading of these punchings the first time---let-off occurs before the key bottoms out, so what effect could punchings possibly have on hammer velocity, right ? But I was feeling congenial that day, and I like Andre, so I let it pass. It DID occur to me, though, that the punching COULD have a "psychological effect" on the pianist, i.e., create a satisfying "aftertouch experience", allowing his/her's mind to focus on the sound, rather than what his/her fingers are feeling. As human attewntion can generally only be focused on one thing at a time, this could enhance the audible enjoyment of playing, making it genuinely SEEM like the piano sounds better, which still has merit! And this could compel one to provide a better performance, too. Gordon --- Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net> wrote: > Then how else would you explain the improvemnt of > touch and tone? > > > > > > > > I didn’t hear any improvement in tone much less > touch. I would like to see > this demonstrated. Lets sit together in the > audience and you tell me which > notes have the special punching that I put in but > you don’t know where. Or > you play that piano and tell me which notes have the > special punching. > Until then, this is another bogus hype to sell > something that has no > special merit. But if I am proven wrong I will > give $100 to your favorite > charity. ---ric > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf > Of antares > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:39 AM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: Oorebeeks Punch'ns > > > > > On 3-apr-05, at 11:18, Richard Moody wrote: > > When the key hits the front rail punching, the > hammer has long ago left any > contact with the key. How the heck can a front > rail punching affect tone > after the hammer has hit the string???---ric > > > > > Then how else would you explain the improvemnt of > touch and tone? > > > friendly greetings > from > André Oorebeek > > www.concertpianoservice.nl > > "Where music is no harm can be" > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest
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