Hi Phil, > 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.
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. Cheers, Kieren.
