At 2:13 PM -0700 5/19/02, David Love wrote:
>My impression is that Stanwood only chooses an even FW line (inertial
>resistance) when he can make the BW even with the use of assist springs to
>compensate for leverage variations. Given the choice of smooth FW and
>uneven BW (no assist springs), or smooth BW and uneven FW, does he still opt
>for uneven BW?
As I gather. But here I should say that the only specs I've bought
from him recently have involved assist springs. I really like the way
they can "tune up" BWs.
>I would personally choose even BW since inertia is related
>to acceleration. Small variations in inertia would be maximized only during
>higher acceleration, or louder playing. This type of touch would be less
>sensitive to those variations. On the other hand, unevenness in BW would be
>most perceptible at pianissimo levels when differences in inertia due to
>lower acceleration would be minimized. The pianists perception of eveness
>would be greater in this case with even BW.
That's certainly very good thinking. I don't know what David's is.
Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.
"You'll make more money selling my advice than following it"
...........Steve Forbes, quoting his father, Malcom
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