shank length

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Bill writes: 
> He was 
>planning on keeping the keyframe and the hammer strikepoint in the 
>same place, hoping that if he moved the stack away from the key 
>balance, the new lift point on the rep cushion (3mm distal, as you 
>say) and the slightly shortened lever arm of the shank would reduce 
>the weight of the hammer as felt at the key. It would, but not nearly 
>as quickly as moving the knuckle out or the cap line in (towards the 
>key balance).

Umm,  I dunno.  Moving the stack AND capstan line distally,(away from the 
balance rail/fulcrum), is going to increase the weight at the key, and 
greatly increase the movement of the whippen.  ( I know this because I was 
always the fat guy on the see-saw) 
 
Ed Foote RPT 
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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