<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=charter1400@charter.net = href="mailto:charter1400@charter.net">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> June 02, 2003 8:46 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: hammer shapes and symmetry</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Do any of these automatic playing devices take = measurements, as well?  If the amount of pressure between the keytop and the = "virtual finger" could be measured during each soft and hard stroke, that would = give a lot of info about the dynamics of the action.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">None of those I have seen or worked = with do this. Most simply push groups of notes down simultaneously. It could = certainly be done but it would be frightfully expensive.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>