---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 06:33 PM 7/28/2004 -0700, you wrote: >IMHO, the better, more precise method is to "wink the jack, using the >incredible sensitivity possible in your hand/eye perception to FEEL the >slight drag of the jack ahead across the knuckle, and to see a slight---and >I mean slight---movement of the hammer..... >Just my $.02..... >David Andersen All good comments, and I'll add that it's quite often easier to "FEEL"=20 something like jack wink when you use a tool, like a soft guitar pick, or=20 cocktail-stirrer, or something with a bit of give. I've got meat hooks for= =20 fingers, and I find the tactile response required for fine feedback is=20 enhanced with tools. Like checking let off. I press with a short section of= =20 sound board steel, on the bare wood just behind the key cover. Evening the= =20 leverage (to 1:1) and adding a flexible interface. Really amplifies the=20 effects of blocking, and makes it harder to "overpower" the block without=20 feeling. Just another 2=A2 Later, Guy ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7b/84/86/5d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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