Hi Steven, Why would it cost $50k? At 04:10 PM 2/17/99 -0500, you wrote: >Kam asked (about how to learn regulation): >>...Or should I buy an old junker just for practice?... >> >A bit of shameless self-advertising here (with enuf general interest to >maintain list credibility I hope)..... > >I proposed a while back that this process of learning the basic >inter-relationships between action parameters and geometry could very well >be done through the use of a dynamic computer model. This idea is much the >same as the computer models used now frequently in teaching medicine, in >fact replacing much of the basic training that used to be done on cadavers >or guinea pig patients in that profession. This is not a replacement for >experience with the real thing, but a very useful training method to teach >the fundamentals, in this case action regulation. A sophisticated, >although easy to use, computer model could be used to study what-if >scenarios, tinker here, change this geometry, put more weight here >etc..and immediately see the effects of the change on action behaviour. >This could be a very effective tool, also useful for design purposes. No >such dynamic model exists, or even comes close to the required level of >realism, but the systems techniques to develop one have recently become >available. The only snag is the $50k or so it would take to do it. I >expect that could quickly be re-couped, though, through sales and >royalties of a commercial educational product. [Anyone interested >contact me off-list.] > >Stephen > >Stephen Birkett Fortepianos >Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos >464 Winchester Drive >Waterloo, Ontario >Canada N2T 1K5 >tel: 519-885-2228 >email: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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