Just got the 50th Anniversary Issue of Harpsichord & fortepiano, Autumn 2023, with a dozen very interesting articles.
In particular the one by Paul Irvin, “Modern vs historical harpsichord plucking”, provides much food for thought, and I thoroughly recommend reading it.
There are two particular points in Irvin’s article that I deem worth discussing here, but only (quite obviously) among those who have first got the H&fp issue and read the article.
Thanks for the heads up Claudio. But I for one cannot afford this journal. I wonder how many on the list do.
Maybe you could summarise the argument for discussion here?
Not without infringing copyrights, Andrew, I would need to quote a full page of the article! Sorry!
I was only asking you to summarize. That does not violate copyright. Neither does discussing it here.
Perhaps ask how many subscribers there are here. Possibly one, that I know of. Then you can see if this goes anywhere.
You could ask Mr Irvin to join the group, as he is clearly still active.
Just to remind everyone, I have already flagged up this article and
attempted to summarise it, under the topic heading ‘Paul Irvin’s article’
Ah, so it’s the same one.
Then we should close this thread.
Duplicate topic. Closing.