Of Miracles and Duplex's

[Richard Brekne]

Hard to tell what these little details add up to in the end, but I suspect
quite a bit more then many give them credit for. Pianists, at least those
who "sense" their instrument in the course of playing, seem to be in touch
with an awfull lot of these kinds of details. Perhaps its all worth a much
closer look see from our side.

RicB


Bill Ballard wrote:

> I guess what you're referring to, Oleg and Ric'o'the'North, is the
> shock to the keybed as the key slams down on the FR punching, which
> eventually finds its way to the string and board. I tried it this
> afternoon with a lively little Baldwin M (1993). I actually didn't
> remove the hammer shank, I  simply held it up *close* to the string,
> holding the damper up with the sostenuto. Yes, there is a surge of
> white noise (like the tail end of a gong's display) clearly audible
> when the sustain pedal leaves all the strings open. But with just the
> one damper up, barely noticeable. I got comparable results slapping
> the keybed with the underside of my hand rather than using the keys.
>
> At 1:21 PM +0100 11/25/02, Richard Brekne wrote:
> >Just how it adds (?) to the sound of the intsrument, sustain time,
> >etc.... ???
>
> Interesting experiment. It's great to be reminded of details like this.

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
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