<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Geoffrey.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What could possibly cause the hammer to = hit the string before letoff has occured ?  Maybe the centers are too far = away from the strings, and the hammers don't strike at a right angle, so gravity = causes the hammers to move away from the jack ?  I can't see what other = force could cause this premature movement.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=296132605-12072005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=296132605-12072005>What = I am witnessing is this: When I play the note, just before the jack = releases from under the butt the hammer jumps off the jack prematurely and = strikes the string. After striking the string the hammer then bounces back = onto the jack, which is still in it's pre-release position. Continuing through = the keystroke results in the hammer striking the note a second time as the = jack finally releases from under the butt. </SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>