Consistent, firm and free, yes, but not the same as the jack/fly. The balancier should be more firm than the jack/fly. And just to reiterate my pet peeve, whenever repinning either check both sides of the butterfly tension. Chris Solliday ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcel Carey" <mcpiano at videotron.ca> To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 10:32 AM Subject: [CAUT] RE : Tight balancier > Jim, > > I was thinking the same as you until I saw the High speed film made by > Kawai that Don Mannino showd in Montreal 2 or 3 years ago. When the jack > pinning was too loose, it was bouncing on and off from it's rest felt > after a blow. This could cause the jack to miss if the note would be > played just at the right (or not so right) moment. So I think the jack > pinning has to be consistent and not too thight and not too loose. > > Marcel Carey, RPT > Sherbrooke, QC > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] De la > > part de James Ellis > > Envoyé : 11 novembre 2006 08:50 > > À : caut at ptg.org > > Objet : Re: [CAUT] Tight balancier > > > > > > Balancier tightness has been a very interesting discussion, > > and I don't think I can add much to what has already been > > said, except for one thing. I don't remember who said it, or > > when, but it had to do with pinning the jack as tightly as > > the balancier. I don't agree with that. You are far more > > likely to have repetition problems due to a jack that's too > > tight than you are with one that's too lose. > > > > Sincerely, Jim Ellis > > > > > > > > >
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