Avery Todd wrote: > Wim, > > I'm confused. I've always heard that in a heavy use piano, that increasing > the let-off "decreased" the > string breakage because the hammer hits the string with less power! > > Avery > Thats the plan alright.... but some pianist react to this reduction in power by employing a new strategy.... fisting. They bang away so hard to make up the difference that the reverse effect sometimes happens. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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