Ron smoldered: >Fair enough. Then please unblinker me with a description of what is so >sobering about the thought that Cristifori's instrument had a 10:1 action >ratio in light [sic] of the weight of the hammers used, and in the context >of the discussion of the relationship between action ratios and hammer >weights. I made the comment on the hammer weight because I thought it was >pretty obvious and didn't see anything particularly insightful about it. >But I could very well be mistaken. Please clarify. No big deal here - mine was just an off-the-cuff remark inspired by what you had written. >And as far as my emblinkerment being made obvious by my comment that >Cristifori's piano was not a modern piano, haven't you pointed out that >very thing more than once on this list in support of how things were done >then against how they are done now? Hey Ron, don't get all bristley. I think we actually are saying pretty much the same thing. My point is just that looking at, and comparing the function of, all piano types as mechanical/acoustic systems in their own right can stengthen understanding. Many people (and I wasn't including you in the blinkered ones) simply dismiss old pianos (and actions) as uninteresting and irrelevant. >Eagerly awaiting vision enhancement. Hmmm. Ocular regeneration is definitely not necessary here. You and I often seem to be at cross-purposes when in reality we're saying the same thing in very different ways. Little slow following up on this - sorry. Stephen Stephen Birkett Fortepianos Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos 464 Winchester Drive Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2T 1K5 tel: 519-885-2228 mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett
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