This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I sure don't know the answer, but I do have one comment that conflicts = with the statement: "all the motion that contributes to the hammer = contacting the string occurs before the key bottoms out on the = punching."=20 That would be the baseball batting analogy and the concept of "follow = through". When the batter hits the ball, theoretically, after the ball = leaves contact with the bat, it shouldn't make any difference what = happens with the batter's swing after that point. But it does. I don't = know why, but the proper follow through is critical to successful = batting. I also don't know if this analogy is applicable to a piano keystroke. = But maybe! Terry Farrell I'd like to hazard a guess about how these punchings are able to = affect tone. Firstly let's admit the logical problem. If you look at the mechanical = model, all the motion that contributes to the hammer contacting the = string occurs before the key bottoms out on the punching. So, = theoretically, it is difficult to account for Andre's claims about this = improved tone. We can admit logically that the *feel* of the action may = be quite different because of the punching, because the experience of = hitting bottom is such a great portion of the artist's experience. OK. = But the *tone*? Is this magical thinking? Or may there be a more subtle = explanation that satisfies logic? The truth, I suspect, is in the marvelous nervous structure leading to = the artist's fingertips. The regulation of aftertouch is, let's say, 10x = more precise with the antares punching than with a too-soft punching. I = suspect that the fingers, finding a much more precise bottom, are able = to deliver that much more precise a blow. Having played and found this = certain bottom, the *fingers* are now much more sure of how much force = to use in the attack on the keys. This is what affects the tone. The = artist's touch is made more effective by the clean bottom.=20 Does this idea play? Or am I making a rationalization for magical = thinking? jason ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b4/ac/71/25/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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