The Good kind of Heavy

[Barbara Richmond]

Hey Ric,

So, would the good kind of heavy have anything to do with the magic of
voicing?  I know you've got your numbers (75!), but I've encountered
pianists making comments about a piano's action feeling heavy, when what
they really wanted was the piano to be voiced brighter and more
responsive....and the opposite, a piano feeling too light because the
voicing was too bright.  I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can have
perfect numbers (which you didn't before you worked on it), but the
pianist's perception of the tone can sometimes make those numbers a moot
point.  Just a thought.......though the *Ric Brekne sound* is probably
remarkably consistent!  ;-)


Barbara Richmond, RPT
somewhere near Peoria, IL


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Newtonburg" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:26 AM
Subject: The Good kind of Heavy


> Hi touchweight freaks. I wrote a few weeks ago about an August Forster
> grand we have at the university that students just love to play on
> because of its heavy touch.  I have heard time and time again that the
> instrument feels heavy in "the good way". >