<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Wouldn't increasing dip move the jack farther away = from the butt on a soft blow?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=abousel@comcast.net = href="mailto:abousel@comcast.net">Aaron Bousel</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 30, 2006 = 7:58 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] M & H = model 50</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> On a very soft, incomplete, blow = the hammer is thrown at the string just as the jack hits let-off. The = hammer then rebounds from the string but since the key has not been fully = depressed when the hammer rebounds from the string (as someone said, it could be = .005" short of complete travel and that could make the difference) it hits the = jack and rebounds off of it. </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>