Hi Stephane Sorry to not have answered this first off... but I was interested in hearing what Terry had to say. You pose a great question which is, I think, perhaps right up this alley we were talking about just a bit ago. ie... how much of the "sound" (hardness of the hammer) of the piano can you feel. As too your specific question I have never really thought directly about it until you posed the question. And I wonder greatly just how accurate your assumption (?) is here. Terry seems to echo your position yet he tempers his response by suggesting that perhaps one can get really close to the same touch feel on very different instruments, and I would guess he's probably right. In direct answer to your question I think off hand that if you had two exactly identical actions with respect to all geometry, mass levels and distribution and the rest of it, the differences in apparent touch-feel would be attributed largly to different sound each instrument has and how sound and action mechanics mix to affect our perceptions relative to touch-feel. Obviously two perfectly identical actions playing against a dummy piece of wood instead of strings, would feel the same... or what ? So whats left is the sound component of how the piano feels. I'd be delighted to hear your own take on this Stephane. Thanks for your posts :) Cheers ! RicB Stéphane Collin wrote: > > > | | > | | > | | Hi Richard, List. > | | > | | Again interesting topic. > | | May I add a question? > | | Why do two pianos with same UW/DW, friction level and inertia, leverage etc. NEVER have the same touch feel ? > | | (Or am I totally wrong presuming this ?) > | | > | | Stéphane Collin > | | (Bruxelles, Belgium) >
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