Robin is refering to the fact that the strike line often varies from a straight line in that exact area. There can be a few different factors involved, but when dealing with this area competant tone builders do everything that can help to provide the most pleasing tone available. Making sure that the hammers are striking at the most optimal spot on the strings is just one of those things. I know fellows who dont hesitate to pop hammers and reposition for better tone routinly in the tenor section of the piano. So its not just a thing we do to the top 5 notes. Cheers RicB Cy Shuster wrote: > > Robin, > > Just trying to understand here -- are you saying that "killer octave" > problems can be caused by action problems as well as soundboard > characteristics? Is there a mechanism by which octaves 5 or 6 would have > more action problems than other octaves? (More wear from play, perhaps?) > > --Cy Shuster-- > Rochester, MN > -- 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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