>>>Well, here is the real kick in all this. I did a walkabout in the building and tried a number of different brands and found that I could make this happen on all! I must be getting good at it. :-) This begs the question about proper technique in playing. Not being a very good pianist, I need to consult about this. <<<<< One teacher I had was a good pianist, another was a very good pianist. Both used to pull this rapid repitition "trick" two fingers, (one finger two hands, machine gunning if you will) to test my regulation. (The hammer instead of checking would "catch" (bind) on the back check) Their point was with ultra fine regulation (esp rep spring strength and check height) this amelorates the problem, but in some notes, and some pianos it can always happen. Which I eventually proved when I applied this test to their own pianos. : < ) One claimed he could make nine out of ten pianos fail on a certain Mozart passage. (I FORGOT the piece, DUH) He didn't make the claim that it was an impish impulse of Mozart to compose such a piece that would tax the mechanism, but I will. But not being a good pianist, I will have to leave this to others to propose which pieces. (There is the "question" of the diff of Vienese and Erard actions comming into play here.) Richard Moody ps The action must be bedded of course AND the keybed must be ABSOLUTLY scrupulously CLEAN and FREE of drag marks from the bedding heads. No gunk, grit on the heads or surfaces etc. No build up of cornstarch or talcum or whatever etc etc.. ---------- > From: DMCKECH <DMCKECH@ithaca.edu> > To: CAUT@ptg.org > Subject: repetition/backcheck problem > Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 8:13 AM > > List, > > Thanks to all for the responses to my inquiry. snip , he is a very good pianist and I am sure he knows how to repeat a note > in different ways. Perhaps it was our luck that one piece he was working on > called for this type of one finger repetition. It must be stated that he is > very satisfied with the action in all other aspects. Trills, touch and tone > are no problem. > > Don McKechnie > Ithaca College > dmckech@ithaca.edu
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