Harpsichords have very little sustain that makes even the fastest notes still seem choppy to me - but then I don't particularly like the sound of a harpsichord. Even if you are not sustaining the notes very long, the decay rate is still obvious during the brief time the note is played. I've played some board-collapsed pianos where octave 5 & 6 sound all too much like a harpsichord. Even if the piece doesn't need 3 seconds of sustain, the decay rate makes an obvious difference to the sound. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu<mailto:dporritt at smu.edu> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of wimblees at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:01 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] New stuff at the convention? David I'm not sure what you're getting at. What I'm basically saying is that most notes played are of a very short duration, which do not last long enough to hear if there is much sustain or not. How does a harpsichord make that any different? I'm not trying to be smart aleck. I just don't understand your point. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> To: pianotech at ptg.org <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 11:05 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] New stuff at the convention? OK, play your 98% piece on harpsichord and see if you hear any difference. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu<mailto:dporritt at smu.edu> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org?>] On Behalf Of wimblees at aol.com<mailto:wimblees at aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:48 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: [pianotech] New stuff at the convention? I'm going to play devil's advocate here. I'm guessing that 98% of the music played on a piano last less than a fraction of a second. 1.9% of the music is held for maybe a second or two. At the end of a piece of music, the final chord might last 3 or 4 seconds. So the only time we would hear the real affect of an agraffe and bridge with the tone lasting 5 or 6 seconds, is once in a great while. So why all the fuss? OK, be easy one me. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net<mailto:rnossaman at cox.net>> To: pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 8:35 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] New stuff at the convention? Joe Goss wrote: > Hi Bridge agraffes? Did the bass have a side slot in them? http://www.hurstwoodfarmpianos.co.uk/news.php?news_id=24 Ron N ________________________________ Dell Deals: Treat yourself to a sweet deal on popular laptops!<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223096155x1201715982/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D6> ________________________________ Dell Deals: Treat yourself to a sweet deal on popular laptops!<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223096155x1201715982/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D6> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090723/0eeb380e/attachment.htm>
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