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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For Tim C and Fred S and others
interested in this minutia:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm going to whirlpool abit here and I hope this is
worthwhile. I think Fred is absolutely correct regarding rapid fire, "the
fastest repetition," particularly reduction of aftertouch and spring
tension, but there are many qualities of repetition and I think some
of those may be better served by having the jack aligned closer to the player.
I'm not sure why I say that other than some anecdotal experience in the concert
field that I may have misconstrued. But.. For one thing if the
jack does manage to recover completely into its rest cushion that would be a
shorter distance and allow "faster" repetition than one which travelled
farther. Would it go all the way to the cushion at the same speed of
repetition, I guess not since the timeing of the player would catch
the jack at the same place. I was thinking of unequal note
repetition. I only remember a few times when players responded to
changing the position towards them positively and I must admit that I'm not
sure that their acceptance wasn't more based on as Fred notes a "sense of
touch." But they did at least imagine that their repetition improved. This could
be more psychological for having asked for something and then felt something
like it. Now that I have hashed this around I'm sure that Fred is right.
Anyway this is really small potatoes. I think the most important thing I
have gleaned lately about this alignment is that many more players prefer the
more positive feeling of having the jack further under. And here it is not the
slowing of repetition that they like, but rather a "sense of touch" again as
Fred has said.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll go out on a limb here, until Fred saws it
off, and say I think it is more important that the balancier function and be
regulated well,</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>and that in fact other than
avoiding cheating, the jack could be left almost anywhere as long as
it was consistent and the spring and flange worked. If I have 30 minutes to go
over the regulation it is one of the last things I look at but then also because
as Fred says you can move it fairly independently. Mostly then I do ala
Garlick just for safety. SO I should have titled this "as Fred says, except
for certain qualities of repetition I think..."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>