At 08:29 -0400 21/6/08, Dean May wrote: >From an engineering perspective (at least, this engineer's perspective), >maximum energy transfer of the rotating mass of the hammer would dictate >that the hammer be perpendicular to a line from the tip of the hammer to the >center pin. That's not likely to happen given the physical constraints we >find ourselves with. There are no such constraints with the upright action, so can you explain why only Steinway, to my knowledge, on the old K uprights etc., implemented any such arrangement for a while and then abandoned it? In 120 years none of the great makers seem to have acknowledged the brightness of this great light. JD
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