Bill Ballard wrote: > At 9:06 AM +0200 6/13/03, Richard Brekne wrote: > >Just commenting on a matter of historical truth there Bill. Fact is > >people have > >been argueing about whether or not to use them ever since they > >popped up in pianos. > >They start becoming controversial the moment they replace gravity and mass > >evidently. > > Just hoping to separate fact from factoid here. It's certainly a > matter where we need facts. Bill.. on the one hand the use of springs is touted so as to be able to reap the benifits of less mass in the key, then on the other hand one turns around and seemingly takes a position that suddenly states there is no significant difference between using springs, and using leads.... whats it going to be ? At least one of the facts relating to this is that replacement of mass by springs means the action will behave differently, or there would be no point in replaceing the one with the other in the first place. What one prefers, is another thing entirely. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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