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A comment I hear time and time again from some pianists goes along these
lines. The fast cutoff of sound imparts a coldness to the character of
the instruments overall tone... or at least ones perception of it. Fact
is, I often get the feeling that I prefer the sound of a well functioning
overdamper system myself. Some of those old Bluthner overdampers were well
built and nice sounding instruments.
<p>Damper springs in uprights can be regulated to simulate this kind of
soft damping... but its not easy to get them even.
<p>RicB
<p>Sarah Fox wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi John (and Terry),
<p>> I have always known that Yamaha had an extremely efficient damper
system.
<br>> The cut-off is almost instantaneous.
<br>>...
<p>I regularly play pianos ranging from a very harsh cutoff (my Hamilton)
to a
<br>rather sluggish cutoff (my friend's Knabe, which needs new damper felts).
I
<br>tend to get used to whatever I'm playing, after I've had time to practice
on
<br>it for at least a few days. However, I do dislike too abrupt
a cutoff, just
<br>like the music teacher. I think this dislike might be similar
to a dislike
<br>of "dead" acoustical environments (which also bother me in an aesthetic
<br>sense).
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<p><br>--
<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>UiB, Bergen, Norway
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