<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal } SPAN.EmailStyle18 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=white> <DIV>Apply enough pressure to stimulate a hard blow, after all that is what the artist or player expects of the action.  You can do all of this on the bench if you wish, you just need to block hammers with one hand at the appropriate height.  Once I learned this technique I abandoned all the other ones I had been using because it made so much more sense to me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>[Michael Wathen] </DIV> <DIV> -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Jim Busby Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 1:13 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Black on Black... (Jack alignment) </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=Section1> Thanks Michael,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Sounds good. How much pressure do you push with? Have you done it this way and compared it to the conventional “eyeballing down the plane”? <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> With my eyes getting worse and worse, I’m having to go by feel more and more…<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Regards,<o:p></o:p> Jim Busby<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Michael Wathen Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 8:42 AM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Black on Black... (Jack alignment)<o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> I learned how to do it completely by feel.  I believe I learned the following method from Garlick.  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> 1. Pull the action out and on to the key bed just far enough so that all the hammers are blocked in their travel when depressed by the key by the superposition of the pinblock over the hammers.  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> 2.  Turn the screw adjustment on the jack lever to the point where you can just get the jack to skip out from under the knuckle.<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> 3.  Turn the screw adjustment the other direction to the point where the jack will again remain blocked under the knuckle without skipping out.<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> This is the ideal adjustment.  It positions the jack where is will have to do the least amount of required work; one more thing you can do to maximize the efficiency of the action.<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Michael Wathen<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Retired tech<o:p></o:p></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"> -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ted Sambell Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 11:06 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Black on Black... (Jack alignment)<o:p></o:p> <DIV> Jim,<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> I don't know if it will work for you, but Denis Brassard, who was my colleague at the Banff Centre came up with an idea I think was brilliant. On the computer, you type out a page consisting entirely of lines double or triple spaced, using the underline. Next, print this out on a transparency and cut it into strips, each having one line and 1/2' or so wide.. To use, lay a strip on the repetition levers ( balanciers) and carefully adjust two jacks to the knuckles at each end of the line and bring the line of the transparancy to the adjusted jacks. Lay all the shanks down to hold the strip in place, and only raise one at a time to adjust the jack. The strip is moved along as needed. I have poor vision (myopia) and this works beautifully for me, but not all eye conditions are the same. European actions have a line on the lever surface to bring the jacks to, but I cannot recall if Kawai has too.<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Ted Sambell<o:p></o:p></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV> ----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV style="font-color: black"> From: <A title=jim_busby@byu.edu href="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu">Jim Busby</A> <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> To: <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 9:20 PM<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> Subject: [CAUT] Black on Black... (Jack alignment)<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> <o:p> </o:p></DIV> List, Don…<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Help! Do any of you have a trick for seeing the new Kawai parts, namely for doing the jack to knuckle alignment? I truly can’t see the black parts/plane of the jack. (My eyes are bad, but this is way worse for me) I’ve got some good lights and such, but it’s still difficult. I’ve been tempted to paint white-out on the backs of the jacks… Love the parts, but these old eyes don’t get it done anymore.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Any tricks out there? Am I the only one experiencing this?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks,<o:p></o:p> Jim Busby BYU<o:p></o:p></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>