<html> At 06:33 PM 7/28/2004 -0700, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>IMHO, the better, more precise method is to "wink the jack, using the incredible sensitivity possible in your hand/eye perception to FEEL the slight drag of the jack ahead across the knuckle, and to see a slight---and I mean slight---movement of the hammer..... Just my $.02..... David Andersen</blockquote> All good comments, and I'll add that it's quite often easier to "FEEL" something like jack wink when you use a tool, like a soft guitar pick, or cocktail-stirrer, or something with a bit of give. I've got meat hooks for fingers, and I find the tactile response required for fine feedback is enhanced with tools. Like checking let off. I press with a short section of sound board steel, on the bare wood just behind the key cover. Evening the leverage (to 1:1) and adding a flexible interface. Really amplifies the effects of blocking, and makes it harder to "overpower" the block without feeling. Just another 2¢ Later, Guy</html>