Quoting Fred Sturm <fssturm@unm.edu>: > And it is difficult to over-emphasize the role of extraordinarily fine > damper adjustment. It's not just a matter of "half-pedal" versus > "full-pedal." There are many gradations from a bare lift (dampers > really > still in contact with strings, but not bearing down: bleeding), to wide > open. I'd like to add one point I learned from an Eastman Professor here in town: The farther away from the strings you can get the dampers when you are wide open the more ring you will get out of the piano. It is amazing how much sound they can absorb if they are close to the strings but not touching. Rob Edwardsen Rochester, NY
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