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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Guy. Will you expound a little =
on your
suggestion of using a guitar pick or cocktail stirrer. Are you =
suggesting
to use one of these </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>instead of a finger or thumb nail to =
flip the jack,
OR (you explain, I'm drawing a blank on this one) please.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks from all on the continued =
suggestions
on my initial post on this subject.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regrds, Gordon Holley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=nicho@zianet.com =
href="mailto:nicho@zianet.com">Nichols</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 29, 2004 =
10:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Repetition Lever
Height</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 06:33 PM 7/28/2004 -0700, you wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">IMHO, the better, =
more precise
method is to "wink the jack, using the<BR>incredible sensitivity =
possible in
your hand/eye perception to FEEL the<BR>slight drag of the jack =
ahead across
the knuckle, and to see a slight---and<BR>I mean slight---movement =
of the
hammer.....<BR>Just my $.02.....<BR>David =
Andersen</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>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.<BR><BR>Just another =
2<FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">¢<BR><BR></FONT><FONT
face="MS Shell Dlg, Geneva" size=1>Later,<BR>Guy</FONT>
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