---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Duh... grin... but you get that from any heavy hammer configuration... I was rather looking for things specific to this configuration alone. RicB Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/24/2003 12:42:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes: > > Hi folks.. > > Been thinking about this particular action configuration a > bit and have > a few questions swimming around in my mind. Configuring an > action such > that it has heavy hammers with a high ratio is going to > cause the need > for lots of counterbalancing... and quite often ends up > being in the > form of strong somewhat randomly regulated assist springs. > This > combination of high ratio, high hammermass, and low key mass > has on the > surface of it a couple interesting features. Its essentially > the only > way you can achieve high top action inertia against low key > inertia > while providing high hammer acceleration for key > acceleration.... which > further expands the ratio of hammer for key inertia. It > would also seem > to provide for the greatest change in required finger force > (ie > <<heaviness>>) from ppp to fff play.... and perhaps thats > not such a > bad thing ???? > > Assuming one took the time to do a bang up job of evening > out strike > weights and key leading... and real even assist spring > adjustments.... > what are the downsides of this setup ? > > RicB > > Flat knuckels from high hammer weight? Dale -- 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 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7a/04/47/83/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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