[CAUT] Black on Black... (Jack alignment)

[Ted Sambell]

Jim,

I don't know if it will work for you, but Denis Brassard, who was my colleague at the Banff Centre came up with an idea I think was brilliant. On the computer, you type out a page consisting entirely of lines double or triple spaced, using the underline. Next, print this out on a transparency and cut it into strips, each having one line and 1/2' or so wide.. To use, lay a strip on the repetition levers ( balanciers) and carefully adjust two jacks to the knuckles at each end of the line and bring the line of the transparancy to the adjusted jacks. Lay all the shanks down to hold the strip in place, and only raise one at a time to adjust the jack. The strip is moved along as needed. I have poor vision (myopia) and this works beautifully for me, but not all eye conditions are the same. European actions have a line on the lever surface to bring the jacks to, but I cannot recall if Kawai has too.

Ted Sambell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Busby 
  To: College and University Technicians 
  Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 9:20 PM
  Subject: [CAUT] Black on Black... (Jack alignment)


  List, Don…

   

  Help! Do any of you have a trick for seeing the new Kawai parts, namely for doing the jack to knuckle alignment? I truly can’t see the black parts/plane of the jack. (My eyes are bad, but this is way worse for me) I’ve got some good lights and such, but it’s still difficult. I’ve been tempted to paint white-out on the backs of the jacks… Love the parts, but these old eyes don’t get it done anymore.

   

  Any tricks out there? Am I the only one experiencing this?

   

  Thanks,

  Jim Busby BYU
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