punching, it hits you

[Avery Todd]

Thanks André,

See the private post I just sent to you.

Avery

At 02:50 PM 8/16/04, you wrote:

>On 16-aug-04, at 2:30, 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?
>
>
>Hi Avery, there should be a 2 mm distance between the back check and the 
>hammer tail. That is the very very best back check position.
>
>greetings,
>André Oorebeek
>>
>>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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>from
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>
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