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<p>BobDavis88@aol.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>In a message dated
6/21/2003 8:56:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, BobDavis88@aol.com writes:</font></font>
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>In
order for a pair of magnets to store potential energy in the deformation
of the magnetic field, one of them must be mounted outside the moving part
of the system; i. e., on the action frame.</font></font></blockquote>
<p><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Well, slight
correction, I mean energy storage that makes the action lighter. A multiple
capstan, solid or virtual, just distributes the point(s) of application
of the force - it doesn't lessen the input force required to move the wippen.</font></font></font></blockquote>
A pair of capstans / heels at two different distances from the fulcrum
will indeed change the input force required to move the whippen at the
front of the key. Try putting a very strong spring under the whippen on
key 15 mm front of the capstan.
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The
changing gap of the magnet just changes the distribution of the load between
the two capstans.</font></font></font>
<br><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Bob</font></font></font></blockquote>
It does indeed change the load between the two capstans. Its exactly because
of this that the leverage changes. Try it.
<p>--
<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>UiB, Bergen, Norway
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