Oops Re: Dithering Hammers

[Avery Todd]

>I forgot to mention that of course, the hammer blow distance will also 
>play into this
>equation. Sorry.
>
>Avery
>
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>Alan,
>
>I haven't seen this mentioned yet, so I thought I would. I don't know if 
>it's the "correct"
>answer or not but......
>
>I'm assuming you've established that the dip/key height is correct? If you 
>don't have
>enough dip/aftertouch, you will definitely have "dithering" hammers (I 
>love that term!)!
>
>At full dip, the jacks HAVE to have escaped enough to be in front of the 
>hammer butt!
>If not, they will definitely "dither" on the hammer butts on a soft, maybe 
>even a medium,
>blow.
>
>I believe some people (Yamaha?) says that the jacks should be about half way
>between the butt and the catcher at full dip!
>
>I don't know if this will help or not but I thought it would be worth a post!
>
>Avery