JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 99-06-08 03:15:34 EDT, you write: > > <<" A lot of pianists complain about actions being "to stiff". I am wondering > how one > avoids too stiff a feel to the action, while at the same time finding every > possible way to make parts so that they are stiffer in effort to transfer > more > energy from finger to string ? > Richard Brekne" >> > > Richard; > Stiff action feel/touch and stiff action parts have very little, if any, > co-relation. > Energy stored, as in key flexing, that is not released 'before' the hammers > hits the string is wasted energy for all intents and purposes, as is energy > wasted by key twisting from side to side. > Jim Bryant (FL) I used to get comments years ago about action regulations I had done being "too stiff" and in those days I was into pushing all regulation point really tight. Lost motion for example, as little as was humanly possible, such things. As I backed off from that the comments dissapeared. The kind of stiffness / lack of stiffness you and Del describe is an area I obviously need to look into a bit closer. Learn a bit new every day.. Me Likes.. Richard Brekne
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