bobbling hammers

[Jon Page]

This is a good explaination of the 'fly-away' ha.mer, thanks Jim.
Jon Page

At 03:49 PM 2/3/98 CDT, you wrote:
>When the key is about 1/3 the way down, the damper spoon contacts the
>damper tail.  Since the damper spring is fairly stiff, this causes the
>key, with the jack connected to it, to slow down a slight amount.  When
>this happens, the hammer, since it's spring is weak, doesn't slow down.
>This causes a slight gap between the top of the jack and the hammer
>butt.  The hammer then strikes the string, bounces back, hits the top of
>the jack and strikes the string again all before the jack gets to
>let-off.
>Jim Krentzel
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