Ron asks: Inre keys not touching down under rapid play. > How the heck did you measure the keystroke in "rapid >pianissimo >playing??" You got some fancy computer sensor gadget on the keyframe? Forgive me for being >skeptical, but I am. Hey! skeptics make the world sit up straight, I don't mind. My fancy way of sensing the contact under the keys was a length of very thin dental floss, tied in a loose loop under the fronts of the white keys, on top of the front rail punchings, behind the pins. While a Scarlatti piece was played, I could slowly pull the loop around, and could feel every time a key trapped it between the bottom of the key and the felt punching. >Suggesting that the >keys don't contact the keypunching sounds like suggesting that, if you >run quickly and >quietly, your feet don't touch the ground! I think the analogy with feet not touching the ground is a poor one, since the interaction between the two is a neccessity to movement, but there is no reason a key has to hit the felt to impel the hammer. Harpsichordists have no punchings under their keys, (usually), the jack stop rail does all the work, and a careless player's lack of depth control can be felt as impact on the rail. An artist will not press the keys any more than is necessary. Regards, Ed Foote
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