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Re: Piano pedal gradual release
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David Nalesnik |
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Re: Piano pedal gradual release |
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Sat, 30 Nov 2019 07:45:31 -0600 |
On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 7:40 AM Kieren MacMillan
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> Hi Phil,
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> > What on earth does a gradual piano pedal release achieve? Either the
> > dampers are touching the strings or they're not, so it's in effect a binary
> > choice.
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> That’s not true: the amount of pressure applied by the dampers — from 100% to
> 0% — is graduated (based on how much gravity is allowed to act on the
> dampers), and affects the amount of vibration in a non-binary way.
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> Cheers,
> Kieren.
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Making "half-pedaling" possible. Certainly nothing to dispute there! :)
David