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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, there is room in the rep lever window to move
rearward up to even three millimeters. Take a look at the following
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can see that the jack long axis and the knuckle
core axis are pretty close to parallel with one another. As you can see, I
increased the wippen heel height quite a bit to get the heel/capstan interface
on the magic line at half blow - that modification has decreased friction a fair
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Take a look at the lead in the keys in the photo
below:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's where my concern about lead stems from. All
front weights are 0.96666 of Stanwood's maximum front weights. All strike
weights have been modified to follow the line between the heavy SWs and the
medium SWs on the Stanwood SW curves</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are you thinking that the slight loss of efficiency
at not having the jack perpendicular to the shank at rest will be more than
offset by the action ratio becoming more efficient by moving the knuckle
out?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've never moved a knuckle before. I've moved
capstan lines, but not knuckles. It is difficult for me to understand how moving
the knuckle out would increase action efficiency and increase dip for a given
blow. I see opposing effects - less efficiency on the shank lever, but increased
efficiency on the wippen lever. How does that work?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>>> What
is the knuckle radius?<BR>>> If you can bump it out to 17 or
18mm<BR>>> you can increase the dip and get rid of some lead.<BR>>
<BR>> So you are of the opinion that my dip is undesirably small? How can you
be <BR>> so smart to know that this action had lots of lead in the
keys? ;-)<BR>> <BR>> 16mm. I'll look to see if there is room in the
rep lever window. Getting rid <BR>> of lead would be good, I think. I have
reduced the lead from six in the bass <BR>> to 4-1/2, but that is still a
fair bit of lead compared to the ideal of <BR>> three in the bass to none in
the treble.<BR>> <BR>>> Maintain about a 90 degree angle between the
jack and shank at rest.<BR>> <BR>> I think it's close to 90 degrees now -
I'll look to see how moving the <BR>> knuckle out further will affect
things.<BR>> <BR>>> Is the wippen flange centers at a good height?
Usually 2 1/2" below the <BR>>> HCH.<BR>> <BR>> I'm trying to
imagine what HCH could be - and am failing. What is HCH?<BR>> <BR>>>
Jon<BR>> <BR>></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>