Hi Paul I wouldnt count on it being much more easy to understand. One asks the question how does a front punching effect the voicing and one immediately thinks about the hammer hitting the strings and starts scratching ones head. One idea thats been tossed around here that makes a bit of sense to me is that on all but fairly soft blows the key bottoms out before the hammer hits the string... before the jack actually clears the knuckle. If this be the case, then the way the key bottoms out will be crucial to how the energy in the key is released at the capstan. The key is under stress (bending) when played. A soft cushion will absorb some of this energy and less energy is used hammer side in that last millisecond. I suppose a catapult is a usable analogy. A set of cushions that all behave non-uniformly will inject a degree of uneveness to the play and the voicing by the same token. Then there are the isolated contributions to the overall sound response a harder cushion will give as well. Hitting the bottom creates a sound that is also thrown through the system and forms part of the overall sound picture similar I suppose to how different shanks frequencies can influence the over all sound quite a bit more then we usually are aware of. On top of all this are the psychological effects of touch / response. These things feel different... and so a given touch from the pianist will deliver a different feedback loop.... which affects the pianist perception of sound. Cheers RicB Jon, can you explain why this happens? This non-"voicing" voicing is quite intriguing... and hopefully easier for me to understand than the recently posted tomes regarding soundboards. Thanks, Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN
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