<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Musical Soundwaves: good pluck! </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Hi List It's my understanding that Christophory's magical discovery, from watching = the wrist action of an accomplished hammer dulcimer player, was 'escapement'= or the 'throwing' of the hammer at the string through use of the jack and l= etoff button. Without escapement there is no throw. As a harper myself, and = being accused, as having identified myself as a piano technician, by fellow = harpers as working on 'harps in a coffin' as harpers regard a piano, a harp = is a plucky affair; dynamics of a harpsichord aren't even close to that whic= h escapes through letoff. A. Wright <BLOCKQUOTE> From: "Tony Caught" <caute@optusnet.com.au> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 11:22:53 +0930 To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: Re: Musical Soundwaves </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi Ron, Pianers are percussion indstruments, how about a harp ? Tony Caught Darwin Australia caute@optusnet.com.au <BLOCKQUOTE>----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Nossaman <mailto:RNossaman@cox.net>   To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 4:23 AM Subject: Re: Musical Soundwaves >One further question before I go get a book on the topic. What part of = the >piano is the greatest influence on its sound? >Terry Farrell It's the casters. Any stringed instrument I've ever heard that had casters = sounded at least somewhat like a piano. Ron N --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 01/07/02 </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>