HI, Am I the only one on the list who was present at the dedicatory concert for the 500,000th Steinway? That night, those of us there heard a variety of pianists play on 3 different pianos. I have never seen/heard a more graphic demonstration of different pianists making the same piano(s) sound _very_ different. Unfortunately, the CD made from that performance is of such appallingly low quality as to be useless for hearing what actually went on that night. By-the-bye, I've included what follows as what my Eudora interpreted from this last post: > Richard Moody wrote: >---------- <italic>> From: John Elliott <<jelliott@webgate.net></italic> <italic>> To: pianotech@byu.edu</italic> <italic>> Subject: Re: Tonal control from the keyboard</italic> <italic>> Date: Sunday, April 13, 1997 11:30 PM</italic> <italic>></italic> Richard Moody wrote: ---------- <italic>> From: BobDavis88@aol.com</italic> <italic>> To: pianotech@byu.edu</italic> <italic>> Subject: Re: Tonal control from the keyboard</italic> <italic>> Date: Sunday, April 13, 1997 3:01 PM</italic> <italic>></italic> <italic>></italic> <italic>> from Richard Moody:</italic> <italic>> >The only thing a piano keyboard can do in regard to tonal quality</italic> (or <italic>> >control) is vary the velocity of the hammer.</italic> <italic>> -------------</italic> <italic>> Another factor I have seen mentioned is oscillation of the shank</italic> and hammer <italic>> head. Take for example two blows, each causing the same sound</italic> pressure level <italic>> but one of which is a staccato style, which has most of its force</italic> at the <italic>> beginning, and one a more "pushing" blow. Although the hammers</italic> reach the same <italic>> final speed, some would say that a different set of oscillations</italic> are set up Now, there's a bunch of malarky if I ever heard any..... Balooney. State your facts. >Balooney. State yours! > Richard Moody ps Wo your signature or intitials in split post replies, it makes it difficult to see who is saying what. pps those little greater thans, >>> mean something, deleting those makes it really confusing. There is a very excellent faq on posting to the Internet from Yahoo.... > I don't know how others see the above, but I find it hard to read. Sorry. Best. Horace Horace Greeley hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu "Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde LiNCS voice: 725-4627 Stanford University fax: 725-9942
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