We hear all kinds of things like this... taken from the perspective of
the technician not thinking about the actions function from perspective
of the pianist. In fact... just about any description of function we
give for this, and many / most of the regulation moments we deal with
have rather undefined meanings from that perspective. I dont really see
much more or less validity to the "bring the hammer up from check"
description then the "pushing the key down" one.... as long as one
understands all along that the idea here is that the hammer and rep
lever are being pushed in opposite directions from the rest of the
action below in order to facilitate a fast repetition.
In my experience... just about any attempt at describing something has
plenty of potential for ambiguity. People spend far more time talking
past each other then they are aware... it only comes to surface when one
discovers (or thinks one discovers) a point of disagreement.
Clarification.... well I suppose it helps to put as many ways of
describing a thing on the table as one can... and consider those given
by others up against ones own thinking... but it seems to me that real
clarification comes in the end by experience, and things never do really
get perfectly clear :)
Cheers
RicB
Paul,
I thought it was necessary to clarify this. I have run into too many
experienced technicians who apparently do not realize that this
hammer "jump" that we induce during regulation is not something that
is expected to happen during the normal functioning of the piano and
say things like "the function of the repetition spring is to bring
the hammer up from check" and the like. I have actually heard that
said by a veteran technician during a chapter meeting - who was very
surprised to hear me contradict him. He figured it out,
eventually... So I like to clarify that point whenever I see a
potential for ambiguity - especially when inexperienced technicians
are present...
Israel Stein
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