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Aaron,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296440417-15012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>long
time no see. ;-) Hope you and family are well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>I
would suspect hammer butt felts could be too thin and the jack does not =
escape
properly on a softer blow. Have a look at the jack position at rest and =
try
installing a thicker butt felt on an offender to see and feel if it =
would cure
the problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=296440417-15012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Marcel
Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=296440417-15012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>De la part de</B> Aaron
Bousel<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> 15 janvier 2006 =
11:51<BR><B>À :</B>
College and University Technicians<BR><B>Objet :</B> Re: [CAUT] M =
& H
model 50<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>It's not bobbling with a firm blow. It's =
not
something you would pick up on while tuning, for example. It's on a =
softer
blow, the kind when the key might not completely bottom out. It's not =
a matter
of the catcher not catching, i.e. the catcher hitting the backcheck =
and
bouncing off. As I said, it works fine on a medium or hard blow, and =
that's in
spite of the fact that the catchers and butt "leathers" are not =
buckskin but
some kind of brown cloth that some of the manufacturers tried back in =
that
era. The owner does not have the money to do all that could be done, =
though I
have made her aware of that. =
<BR><BR>Aaron<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>