punching, it hits you

[Richard Brekne]

Hi Avery

In the case of the grand at the University, they were higher then what 
turned out to be best for the sound.  I am not sure whether they can be 
too low in this regard.  Andre is following the whole thread so I am 
sure he can answer better.

btw... I've heard the standard set both 2mm above and 2mm below the 
hammer tail at let-off through the years.  Quite a few times both ways 
actually.  It would be nice to hear what the consensus is here.

Cheers
RicB

Avery Todd wrote:

> Ric,
>
> Just curious. Is Andre referring to the backchecks being higher than 
> normal
> (2 mm below the hammer tail at let-off), or lower?
>
> Avery
>
>> This brings me to another one of Andre's suggestions... that about 
>> the height of the backcheck having an impact on tone.  Now this one 
>> is just plain weird sounding... I'll be the first to admit it... but 
>> there it was.  When Andre was up here a couple years back he 
>> demonstrated it to 5 of us, and no one could avoid admiting that he'd 
>> changed the tone... the openess of the tone on the notes he'd 
>> adjusted.  I asked the famous Japanese pianotechs Mr.  Ono and Mr. 
>> Takahara  about this too whilst I was in Japan this summer, and they 
>> both immediatly responded along the lines... "but of course-- didnt 
>> you know that ???"... tho to this day I have yet to find a 
>> satisfactory explaination for why the height of the backcheck can 
>> influence the openess of the tone of the piano.
>
>
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