$higeru Kawai regulation

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 Greetings, 
I wrote: 
> That is why I like a balancier to stay with the
> knuckle all the way through let-off.>>

Dan asks: 
<<I don't think the balancier is touching the knuckle after let-off begins.
The drop screw stops it, and the jack takes over. What do you think?

   I may have been more exact to have said I like the balancier to stay with 
the knuckle as far through let-off as possible. Depending on how much 
aftertouch an action has in it,  the balancier can be in contact with the 
knuckle as the tender touches the button, and on the action models I am 
looking at here, the jack begins its escapement with the balancier still in 
contact, though just barely.  
    If there is more aftertouch, the balancier is stopped before the jack 
movement. On one model, set with very little aftertouch, the jack is moving 
before the knuckle loses contact with the balancier.  I admit, these are very 
small differences. 
REgards, 
Ed