Hello Phil,
I don't write this stuff, I am merely the harmless drudge that tries to
engrave it!
Although I think it's somewhat stupid, I will say, speaking as somebody
who has made harpsichords most of my life, and messed around with many
keyboard instruments, it is possible to hear very, very small sound
differences as the dampers get closer to the strings. But it's
microscopic, if present at all and I doubt any audience would ever hear
it. But I have seen other composers write the same thing also. I think
it's a type of modernist composer shared delusion.
The things we engravers have to put up with!
Andrew
On 30/11/19 9:24 pm, Phil Holmes wrote:
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. So a gradual release simply makes the time the sustain
ends somewhat arbitrary.
