disabling individual noes

[reggaepass at aol.com]

 Hi Terry,



When I've muted un-played notes in the past, the resulting sound that is made when these notes are accidentally played has been an issue.? Considered muting of un-played strings, but then found out that in this piece, ALL pitches and registers, even those not played, are to be tuned to certain specified relationships with played notes.? This is for sympathetic resonance, both within the piano itself and with the computer generated drones sounding throughout the piece.? 

Thanks to you and to everyone else who has responded to this query.? Lots of good stuff.

Cheers,

Alan Eder


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 6:28 am
Subject: Re: disabling individual noes
















But then wouldn't the front of the?key go down 
and stay down? Maybe add a key leveling lead weight to the rear of the key 
(backcheck) - but would it stay?


?


Or, what about just muting those notes with a 
couple pieces of felt? If the player is not playing the muted?notes, then 
any inadvertent light key strike might not likely make much of a sound. Just 
mute it off like you would a replacement string that is pulled a bit sharp and 
left that way. Certainly an easy solution.


?


Terry Farrell



  
----- Original Message ----- 

  
From: 
  Tom 
  Sivak 

  
To: Pianotech List 

  
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:26 
  AM

  
Subject: Re: disabling individual 
  noes

  



  
Even though he's not playing the Cs or Ebs, I think it would be 
  disconcerting that they wouldn't be able to move.? I would prefer 
  something inside which would prevent the notes from playing, but allow the 
  keys to depress anyway.? You could remove the hammers and shanks from 
  those individual keys, allowing the keys to depress but make no sound.? 
  It would be more trouble, but ultimately is a better solution.? I 
  think.

  
?

  
Tom Sivak

  
Chicago

reggaepass at aol.com wrote:

  
Greetings 
    List(s),

Someone is paying me handsomely to realize their own tuning 
    system for 
a couple of performances this weekend. As a safety 
    precaution, he 
would like to have the notes that he doesn't actually 
    play (all of the 
Cs and Ebs, in this case) disabled. The best idea I 
    have come up with 
so far is to add another front rail cloth punching on 
    top of the one 
that is already there for these keys, so the keys will 
    barely depress.

Is there a better/easier 
    way?

Thanks,

Alan 
    Eder
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