A440A@aol.com wrote: > Richard asks: > << Can a (for the sake of example) 6.0 static weight ratio ala Stanwood > result in differing distance ratios ? >> > > If you mean, can a 6.0 ratio be found with various keydips or with various > hammer blow distances? Yes. Well not exactly... rather I was asking whether the ratio of vertical keydistance moved to vertical hammer movement can vary while the weight ratio stays the same.... perhaps thats what you meant above. > Which brings up another question that I am not > seeing asked..... > > Why is there is a distinct difference in feel between two actions that > achieve the same ratio with different knuckle distances? Ie. you can arrive at > the same overall action ratio with a 15.5 mm knuckle distance and a short key > ratio as you can with a 17 mm knuckle distance and a longer key ratio, but > the response of these two actions are NOT the same. > I have certain ideas about finding the optimum combination, but I confess > to making many of my final decisions on hard-to-quantify feedback I get from > the piano. > This is a very good question and was more or less where I was going with my own leadin question.. Hard to quantify to be sure, or rather very time consuming. I look forward to hearing some differeing views > Ed Foote RPT > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/ > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/399/six_degrees_of_tonality.html"> > MP3.com: Six Degrees of Tonality</A> > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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