Dave says explain this: <<> This is ONE reason, I keep my balancier as high as I can. The other >is simply to reduce the total amount of work that the pianist's fingers must >do in the course of a lot of play. When you consider that some of the serious >classical people spend four hours a day playing, the grams add up. Ah no, I stated things poorly there. When I said "balancier as high as I can" I was referring to its postion in escapement. I should have said, "I keep my drop as high as I can". I don't get as clean an escapement when the drop is holding the balancier BELOW let-off, I like them to be the same. >>Do you mean that you don't want the jack contacting the knuckle at rest>> No, I set the jacks by feeling the knuckle contact via the tender. sorry for the phrasing. Regards, Ed
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