Stretch: was "Bloom"

[Farrell]

On a piano with good "bloom", do some partials reach their greatest volume some time after the initial attack (like a second or two - I suspect this is the case). If so, is their any general trend of partial development and relative intensity? 

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Page" <jonpage2001@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: Stretch: was "Bloom"


> I think the topic is straying from the question with tuning style.
> 
> Bloom would be the 'harmonic wash' precipitated from a note, the expansion 
> of the sound from a strong presence
> of partials produced by the hammer striking the string. A board with short 
> sustain would not have a bloom, just decay.
> A resilient hammer is needed as well. Bloom can be heard on one note, not 
> necessarily a chord resounding in intervallic structures.
> 
> I haven't heard an Asian piano develop bloom, that whole round tone lifting 
> as it is sustained; they have a more narrow, piercing tone.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon Page
> 
> At 05:23 PM 3/18/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >Well I agree with your humble opinion.  What I am finding is that the trend
> >seems to favor the melodic intonation over the harmonic as of late.  The
> >bloom we are talking about, and I think I agree with Joe on this, derives
> >from a more harmonically based style of tuning and a tighter alignment of
> >the partials.
> 
>