soft, bass trill regulation, was: Question for tuner/techs whoplay.

[Alan Barnard]

Interesting question ....

What my brain conjurs is ...

Nice strong rep spring to hold the hammer/lever regulated for as quick a
rise as possible without overshooting the letoff point or bouncing
Not excessively heavy hammers—maybe shanks, tails, and coves shaved
Backchecks for sure not brushing on the upstroke and, hopefully, hammers
not even thinking about checking on a pianissimo trill
Minimum letoff (but with no danger of a bounce strike)
Minimum drop and carefully set jack height so the knuckly only gets the
most shy and demure little kiss from the jack
A little Teflon flung willy-nilly (or maybe judiciously, whatever that
means)
No excessive friction in action centers and  rail pins
Strong, supple fingers (do you have to use fingers 4 and 5 or can you 2 & 3
it?)
Lotsa drill and exercise 

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: Barbara Richmond <piano57@insightbb.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 08/29/2005 6:29:55 PM
> Subject: Re: soft, bass trill regulation, was: Question for tuner/techs
whoplay.
>
> Hmmm, speaking of pieces composers wrote after they were dead (how's that 
> for a segue?), a friend and I have been having a discussion about
Schubert's 
> Sonata in B (flat) D 960, first movement with the G flat (that's Gb1)-A
flat 
> (Ab1) trill in the left hand, played at pianissimo.  Barring any fault
with 
> the pianist (or not), would there be something about the regulation of
the 
> notes that would make trilling down there at pianissimo more (or less) 
> successful?  I'd welcome both comments on pianistic technique and an 
> analysis of what in regulation would help or hinder the performance.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barbara (hope my friend doesn't mind I brought this up) Richmond, RPT
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "timothy ehlen" <tehlen@uiuc.edu>
> To: <tune4u@earthlink.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 5:02 PM
> Subject: RE: Question for tuner/techs who play.
>
>
> > Alan,
> >
> > Posthumous=published after death of author
> > (composer)!  I know that's what you meant...or, maybe
> > you were joking...
> >
> > Tim
> >
>
>
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