<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C553AC.4AFA86E0"> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> In this case, and with someone with = this particular need, even considering that the aftertouch would be somewhat less precisely defined, setting normal aftertouch with a softer punching would be preferable to setting excessive aftertouch with a firmer punching both for = accomplishing the goal of a softer landing and for performance reasons. But, you are right, we do have a = choice. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> David Love <st1:PersonName>davidlovepianos@comcast.net</f= ont></st1:PersonName> = <o:p></o:p> </div> -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of <st1:PersonName>antares</span= ></st1:PersonName> Sent: Sunday, May 08, = 2005 8:10 AM To: Pianotech Subject: something about aftertouch........ <o:p> </o:p> On 8-mei-05, at 7:09, David Love wrote:<o:p></o:p> <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param = 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Thank you for taking so much time for an explanation, and for the due respect = of course.  I do understand how different amounts of aftertouch can = create a different feel, but it’s not really relevant to my point about the = stop, landing or whatever one chooses to call it.  My point was much = simpler and requires only one sentence:  a harder punching feels harder at the = bottom and a softer one feels softer, and some people prefer a softer feel.   Changing the aftertouch has completely different = ramifications for action performance.  One can still regulate that action within = normal specifications of aftertouch with a softer more compressible = punching.  While the player, due to their ability to compress the punching through = a wider range, may, in effect, be able change the amount of apparent aftertouch available, it is primarily the greater compressibility of the punching = which will be responsible for the difference in feel.   <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]><?/x-tad-bigger><?x-tad-bigger><o:p></o:p> <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param = 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>It is a personal choice between two technical possibilities with different = results : A softer punching feels softer but allows for a less defined aftertouch = and <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?color><?param = 0000,0000,807F><?x-tad-bigger>partially <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?color><?param = 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>absorbs the energy. This becomes more clear if we think again about the sea saw with the two = children. If we remove the car tyre and replace it with a more compact piece of = rubber, the impact will be harder because it is not as much cushioned by the = more flexible car tyre. A firmer punching feels less soft but allows for a more defined = aftertouch and absorbs less energy. <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?color><?param = 0000,0000,807F><?x-tad-bigger>If we again think about the sea saw, then it is undeniable that the harder = impact will also be felt on the other side of the sea saw, which literally = means a harder impact on the string, because the firmer punching effects the = outcome, as Stephen Birkett noted. <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?color><?param = 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>The choice we make is a personal one = <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?color><?param = 0000,0000,807F><?x-tad-bigger>(or depends on the wishes of the pianist/owner) = <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?color><?param = 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>and is not an issue here. What is more important, is the fact that we are aware of the = possibilities and then can make that choice. <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily>friendly greetings from André Oorebeek www.concertpianoservice.nl "Where music is no harm can be" <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>