Chaining Patterns
By Spencer Chase
What are the reasons (historical and practical) for the chaining patterns used on so many piano rolls? As long as the bridging is short enough to not drop the valve, what difference does the pattern between the note beginning and end have. I can see how the very first part might effect valve acceleration, but after the hammer has hit the string, what do all the patterns do other than warp the paper and cause slurred chords. How would people feel about recuts that did not duplicate these patterns? I would guess that a skip, punch, skip after the first four punches, would cover just about everything.
Spencer Chase
P.S. About the non-music topics. I don't expose myself to much Internet stuff, so I appreciate an occasional mention about serious issues or items of particular interest, but I think long discussions and alternate opinions should be referred to other areas.
[ The chaining patterns in early 88-note rolls were applied manually,
[ and beautiful patterns were created by bored editors. ;-) I can't
[ think of any musical reason to replicate the patterns in a recut;
[ it's the action of the valve in the piano that matters.
[
[ Re topics, musical or not: The presentations should be kept concise,
[ and then the alternate views can be short. After the main points have
[ been voiced we can refer eleswhere the discussion of lesser issues.
[ -- Robbie
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