David C. Stanwood wrote: > ........ > The lowest friction imaginable is achieved with the Rolling knuckle > which has been used on some Steingraeber pianos. I spoke with > pianists who played on the first prototype, displayed at the German > Piano Tuners annual meeting a few years ago. The word from the > pianists who played the roller demo at the meeting were not positive. > Hi David... I thought of this one as well... We had a model of this in Helsinki with Udo himself there to talk about it and other things. Last I heard the idea was being scraped. Too expensive to make, the things wear out too fast... and yes... the missing friction the usual knuckle arrangment allows for was missed. > > The points I'm making are: > > There is historical evidence that supports the application of hammer > flange frictions of around 5 grams. > > Pianists don't seem to desire the lowest possible friction. agreed... as far as I can see we have at this point 3 votes for the frictionless universe..... against the rest of the world As long as we are all on about off beat analogies... imagine frictionless sex .... grin.... > > David Stanwood RicB
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