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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jason.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree with your thoughts about the =
importance on
the sound of the pianist's feel at the fingertips.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But there is another thing that is easy =
to
experiment : the influence of the thump of the key landing on the =
keyframe on
the final sound of the note being played. More than that, not only =
the
sound of the very thump here mentionned, but also the way this impulsion =
feeds
back to all the strings via the keybed, the rim, the soundboard and the =
bridge,
and gives extra energy to the vibration of the string and the whole =
acoustic
machine, and mixes up with the thump of the hammer and hammer shank at
hammer-string contact time. You can easily isolate that thump by =
removing
a hammer from the hammer rail and playing the corresponding note (with =
the
action in the piano) : the key knocking sound you hear (emphasized very =
much if
you depress the demper pedal) is really part of the overall sound. =
Now,
change the punching, the sound will change accordingly. What is =
magic is
how the final acoustic result of some blends of impulsions make you feel =
good,
while other (only slightly different) blends, not so.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What I found great at André's =
punchings is that
they have exactly the right firmness : harder ones tend to make a =
disagreable
thump (tac tac tac) in the trebble, and softer ones won't give you the =
nice end
of dip feeling (and regulation), and will absorb more of the energy of =
the key
thump.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>The truth, I suspect, is in the marvelous nervous structure =
leading to
the artist's fingertips. The regulation of aftertouch is, let's say, =
10x more
precise with the antares punching than with a too-soft punching. I =
suspect
that the fingers, finding a much more precise bottom, are able to =
deliver that
much more precise a blow. Having played and found this certain bottom, =
the
*fingers* are now much more sure of how much force to use in the =
attack on the
keys. This is what affects the tone. The artist's touch is made more =
effective
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