Israel said: "The Cristofori action does not even remotely resemble the modern piano action. It is really flimsy, uses a parchment hammer, has an intermediate lever as part of the (single) escapement mechanism, I believe that there is no provision for checking... " Israel, On the contrary, if you study Cristofori's design, you will note that is has many similarities to a modern action. It DID have a mechanism, (of sorts), for checking. And, he only used the parchment for a very short time and then went to other materials. Although, his action was a "single escapement", it responded far better than later actions that were of the same ilk. He, IMO, was a century ahead of his time, just as Mathuschek was.<G> Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060418/616b03bf/attachment.html
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC