The Good kind of Heavy

[Avery Todd]

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Barbara,

In the (almost) 11 years I've been at the university, I've also found
this to be very true in relation to how heavy/light an action feels!

I've also found that regulation, especially along with voicing, to
have the same reaction.

Avery

At 02:02 PM 1/5/04, you wrote:
>Hey Ric,
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>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!  ;-)
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>Barbara Richmond, RPT
>somewhere near Peoria, IL
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>----- 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
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> > 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". >
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