<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/21/05 5:35:50 P.M. Central Standard Time, solliday@ptd.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV>not necessarily Wim, if one is only trying to change the TIMBRE and n= ot the VOLUME. And Jim Ellis is quite correct another consideration of the pianist is decay rate. But so much of this happens intuitively at light sp= eed that it is not done consciously. It is expression itself. Try it= yourself. It's the only way you can really understand this, observation is= almost useless. Chris Solliday </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Chris</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am not a piano player, so I can't try it, to hear a differe= nce. But from what you're saying, "It's the only way you can really understa= nd this, observation is almost useless", makes it appear that pedaling is more = for the benefit of the player than it is for the listener. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>