<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>In a message dated 1/18/2006 9:04:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, yardbird@vermontel.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV>On Jan 18, 2006, at 11:13 PM, <A title=mailto:Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; = COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: no= rmal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorat= ions-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><= SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I= 've read opinions about this where some techs say that changing damper timing "doesn't really lighten the touch, it only gives that perception."  <BR></SPAN></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Remember of course that when we measure touch weights on a grand acti= on, the action is usually on the bench or otherwise separated from the damper assembly (say, by putting the sustain pedal on). In effect you've made the= action feel as those the sustain pedal is on, even when it isn't.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; = COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: no= rmal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorat= ions-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><= SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></= BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>True enough, but we're talking about real world playing.=   Measuring on the bench doesn't give an accurate account of what the player actually feels with the piano fully assembled.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000><BR></SPAN></SPAN> </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>It's now alot easier to play staccato, but much harder to play legato= . The conventional damper timing regulation would favor neither of these, balancing in the middle between the two of them.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is what I was initially worried about.  I've heard that said before, so I was cognizant of it going in.  I was surprised to find out= that it really didn't seem to be the case.  Nobody else who played it noticed any difficulty in legato playing(or for that matter, greater ease in= playing staccato...).  Believe me, if I'd noticed that it altered the legato/staccato effects that much, I'd never have done it the second time...:-[}  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And like a said before, one of the best parts about this operation is t= hat it's easily reversible.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000= 000 size=2>Dave Stahl (Gumby....?)<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; CO= LOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: norm= al; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decoratio= ns-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SP= AN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; CO= LOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: norm= al; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decoratio= ns-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV>Mr. Bill</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">"Can you check out this middle C?. It "whangs' = - (or twangs?)</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">    Thanks so much, Ginger"</DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">    ...........Service Request</DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><= /DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>