---------- > From: Horace Greeley <hgreeley@leland.Stanford.EDU> > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: violin thread > Date: Wednesday, May 14, 1997 1:31 PM > > Jim, Richard, etc. > > Has anyone else pondered the title of this thread? > > In relation to pianos, of course. > > One reason for its appropriateness is the sideways acknowledgement that, > like the violin, the piano is not a percussion instrument. > > ><< Don't you wish there was perfect perception? >> > > Lead the way Dear Sir , lead the way ! :-) > > Reality is a matter of perception. > > Best. > > Horace > Of course. No reality, no perception. I know how a violin can be played as a percusion instrument, (plucking is almost percussion) but I am wondering about "sideways aknowledgement" that "the piano is not a percussion instrument",, unless it could be utilized as an Aeolian Harp. The aeolius (pardon my latin) source might be interesting to behold. Oh, I almost forgot, was it Saint-Saëns who put a weight on the damper pedal for the resonating effects from a violin? Richard M
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