That someone would be me and you miss the point. Andre argued that to change the feel you could change the aftertouch. I would argue that the aftertouch is as you say, the function of a properly regulated action--though you can adjust the amount of aftertouch by altering dip or blow. At any rate, the idea of changing the feel at the bottom of the stroke by artificially changing aftertouch seems counterproductive as it alters action performance. Changing to a more forgiving punching, if that's what it requires, makes more sense. Making an issue about what "normal" means misses the whole point. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ric Brekne Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 1:43 PM To: pianotech Subject: something about aftertouch........ someone wrote: In this case, and with someone with this particular need, even considering that the aftertouch would be somewhat less precisely defined, setting normal aftertouch with a softer punching would be preferable to setting excessive aftertouch with a firmer punching both for accomplishing the goal of a softer landing and for performance reasons. But, you are right, we do have a choice. ------------- Of course the problem with concepts like <<normal aftertouch>> is that in reality they correspond to diddlyin the real world. The degree of Aftertouch resulting from the various combinations of keydip/letoff/and blow outthere in practical use in effect defines the window for aftertouch so wide that the use of the word <<normal>> in thisconexion becomes rather a misnomer. Inside the working parameters of what that window */does /*define however, it is an open question whether or not a softer punching and less aftertouch would be preferable to a harder punching and more aftertouch. And, as it applies to these particular <<harder>> punchings one simply has to take into consideration some factors that have prior to their advent been relavant. 1. The kind of hardness that results when the differing types of resiliency are figured in. 2. The increased sideways stability to the key the Oorebeek punching yeilds -- less wear on key bushings -- just that much more of the finger energy delivered further up the chain 3. The change in finger input vs hammer output. to name a few important points. There are always tradeoffs. And yes... we do have choices about these and indeed about whether or not we want to even acknowledge where some of those tradeoffs lie or not. IMHA, I try to find what the pianist is most comfortable with, responds best too... and drop any pre-concieved ideas of my own as to what is <<thee correct way>> of going about doing things. Cheers RicB _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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