An interesting? piano article

[Don]

Hi Stephen,

Could you elaborate more on this:

At 01:28 AM 15/08/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>He goes on....
>
>>Once the escapement mechanism has operated, the 
>>hammer is in free flight, after which nothing 
>>the artist can then do with his hands has the 
>>slightest influence on the resulting sound
>
>...which obviously overlooks the critically 
>important contributions of action "impacts" to 
>the overall sound of the piano, not to mention 
>the potential for "after-escapement" behaviour by 
>the pianist to influence factors that can affect 
>the sound-scape, or as part of the overall 
>mechanical interaction between the pianist and 
>the instrument (think golf or tennis). The 
>pianist is a lot more than just a finger on the 
>key.

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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