sustain

[Farrell]

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Very true for most piano owners. But for those of us who "mess about =
with pianos", it is handy to be able to quantify (as best we can) the =
results of changes we make to pianos. But also we need to understand the =
limitations of our measurement techniques.

Terry Farrell

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From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: sustain


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> >Please describe, to the best of your (anyone out there) ability, at =
what
> >point do you stop the stopwatch when quantifying sustain duration. I =
usually
> >time it until just at the end of the point where I can still just =
barely
> >hear anything that I can identify is still that note ringing - truly =
a
> >judgement call. Is there any other considerations that some use - or =
are we
> >all shooting at pretty much the same target?
> >
> >Terry Farrell
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> It can only be a rough point of comparison, subject to opinion and=20
> interpretation, and therefore meaningless because it isn't absolutely=20
> conclusive. Millions of piano owners around the world agree that they =
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> no idea and couldn't care less what the sustain is at any point in =
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> piano and they're perfectly happy with that, so why should we question =
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> Who are we to disagree with all those piano owners? This is a handy=20
> universal truth as it covers any aspect of piano technology that you =
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> care to name. Remember it and use it often.
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> Ron N
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