On May 6, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Zeno Wood wrote: > I remember hearing Ed McMorrow's take on this. When the hammer > strikes the two strings, the third string is out of phase, which > causes noise on a slow damper release. However, his solution was to > tell the pianist not to do it. FWIW. YMMV. Etc. Yep, I've heard that explanation, and it makes sense, sort of. I'd love to see a high speed video of it. Ed's "solution" isn't practical. It's not just slow damper release, it is also "half damper release." IOW, not quite a full "foot off the pedal" but lowering the dampers rapidly (and immediately raising them again) just enough to clear most of the harmony and set up for a new harmony. Far too much of the time there is a noisy zing that results, almost louder than attack sound. I do it exactly the same way without u c and no problem. But the slow release of the pedal at the end of a piece is something that would be a great effect if we as technicians could make it so. What a can of worms that is, trying to refine that beastie. Regards, Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm
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