<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Hi guys Some good reading and thinking you've already provided me with, I will read through a couple times before bouncing any thoughts back.. but Mike asked a couple questions so I thought I'd clarify a bit. Michael Spalding wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Ric, That's a very open-ended and broadly undefined question.  I suspect you'll get lot's of answers to questions you didn't think you were asking.</blockquote> Well Mike.. I am kind of an open-ended and broadly undefined kinda guy ... :) Be that as it may... I was intentionally broad with this as I wanted exactly the kind of directionally divisiveness as I could get... I'm fishing for ideas that may help my own gel a bit better. <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Clarifying questions:  Are you talking about good heaviness or bad heaviness?  (pianists need to feel a certain amount of weight in order to have control).</blockquote> Both... but as long as you mention <<good>> and <<bad>> heaviness.... would you mind going a little more into specific detail as to what configurations constitute the difference between the two ? <blockquote TYPE=CITE>What about friction?  Are you assuming "optimal" friction? How much is that? <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"></a> </blockquote> Actually,,, and this applies just as much to the voicing issue Ed brought up... I'd like to just concentrate on the effect of key inertia vs top action / hammer inertia plays. So I suppose that means imposing a kind of neutral status for both friction and the hammers hardness or softness. Thanks so far... RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  </html>