<DIV>I don't buy it Richard, because as a player I don't have time once I begin playing a note to think about sensitivity. What produces a certain velocity in my fingers is the mental intension I have the microsecond <G> before I play the note. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The biggest factor to me in dynamics is a nice "accelleration curve" from somewhat mellow and ppp to nasty and fff! If the voicing and regulation give a nice mp when I playing with moderate force, a soothing pp when I let up a bit, and a powerful forte when I lean into it a bit I have a wonderful time playing. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>To me extra friction just makes me work harder. Its a distraction. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Ryan Sowers wrote: > I just can't understand why lower friction and greater upweight would > decrease the control over the dynamics? If the piano is well-voiced > you will have plenty of control over the dynamics. Because things are happening faster. You use less time to accomplish the same mechanical work (hammer to string contact efficiency asside, as its a seperate issue) You put 40 grams of force from the finger into the string... and you get more raw velocity out of an action with less friction then another with more. Lets use your draconian example... 20 swings on the one hand vs 3 on the other. It should be clear that for any given output velocity/force...etc... you will have to put in more effort in the latter then the former. The flip side of that is that you have less time in the former to do whatever you are attempting to do. The window between max output and min has been made smaller. On the one hand your fingers are required to be a bit stronger... on the other they are required to be able to exert greater sensitivty to control the increased response. Its kinda like hitting a baseball.... a slow pitch is easy to get your bat on... but a fast ball... On the other hand.... once you get your bat on the ball it will generally fly farther..... which direction it flys is another matter entirely. Cheers RicB > > */Nichols <NICHO@ZIANET.COM>/* wrote: > > The super low friction touch is going to get liked because the > upweight > feels so much more like the practice digital in the dorm that > they've been > listening to through headphones.( So what if the dynamic range is > about the > same.) Those keys really "pop"! > > > > Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter > Pianova Piano Service > Olympia, WA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now > <HTTP: evt="26640/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush" us.rd.yahoo.com>. _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE> Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Pianova Piano Service Olympia, WA <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=26640/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush">Enter now</a>.