Pinning and Tone

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Alan  writes:

<< Pardon my density, but why does higher checking reduce power? If the hammer
tail doesn't drag on the way up (and it shouldn't), I can't see how higher
checking reduces power. Checking, after all, occurs after the hammer has hit
the string. >>

    The second note played, from check, has an effective blow distance equal 
to the checking distance.  Soooo....  if you are checking the hammers 1/2" 
from the strings, you have less than 30% as much blow distance.  I have had 
artists tell me that the piano seemed to lose power on fast repetions when I had 
attained an extremely close check.  Lowering the checking distance restored the 
power that they were missing, and oddly enough, didn't get perceived as slower 
repetition. 
   Everything in an action is a compromise between functions. 
Regards, 
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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