That would call for a different, very precise hammer technique. Andrew At 11:00 PM 10/10/2005, you wrote: >Andrew: >>The ideal piano you describe would have to have the same length >>strings, ie single-strung. At some level of friction the different >>non-speaking lengths on each end could become a problem for unison >>stability. You would also want pretty stiff tuning pins, not the >>kind utilized in Boston uprights. > >Sure on the last point. But hypothetical pianos don't suffer the >same practical constraints as normal pianos. ;-) > >It wouldn't be difficult to have identical total string lengths for >each trichord. > >So do you (others) agree that it would be advantageous as proposed: >"friction free" bearings, solid stable front and back lengths, and >same total string lengths within a trichord? > >Stephen > >-- >Dr Stephen Birkett >Piano Design Lab >Department of Systems Design Engineering >University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada N2L 3G1 >tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792 >Lab room E3-3160 Ext. 7115 >mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca >http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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