"Greg Mayman" bravely wrote to "Everett Hertenstein"
(04 Feb 04  08:59:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "POWER SUPPLY"

 -=> Everett Hertenstein said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "POWER SUPPLY" on 01-30-04  17:15.....

 EH> For my money, the purists can have the trackers.  I can't think of any
 EH> piece of organ music that would benefit from a slower opening of the
 EH> pipe valve.  Nor am I aware of any music where the composer had
 EH> indicated that the valve should be opened slowly. The idea is to get it
 EH> open and the pipe playing.

 GM> If the pallet opens too quickly it causes turbulence in the air
 GM> and the pipe can "chiff" as it starts to speak. But that is
 GM> another matter.

 GM> As I understand it, it's really not a matter of whether the
 GM> pallet opens the "right" way or not, it is whether it opens the
 GM> way the player wants it to.

 GM> IOW if he presses the key slowly he wants the pallet to open
 GM> slowly and if he slams the key down he wants it to open fast.

 GM> What benefits there might be I do not know. All I do know is that
 GM> the "purists" want to be in 100% control of the thing.

It is easy to imagine it is especially important when playing a soft
piece. It would be quite bland if the pipe always sounded the same
dynamics. Kind of like a giant farfisa on steroids.

 Mike
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