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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Ron Overs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What an elegant design! I have been =
looking at your
new Overs Action (patent pending) and comparing it with S&S and =
Langer. I
find your jack spring very interesting - a form of single-winged - but =
it must
be very strong to give the required hammer-rise: how thick is the brass =
wire for
this? And your jack toe (tail) which should roll on the button and not =
rub. One
thing I think is due for further thought (though I am sure you have =
considered
every possibility!) is the access to the jack regulation screw. This =
type of
through-the-let-off button is darned difficult to access. Room here for =
someone
to invent a very thin flexible shanked slot-head tool... I can just =
about
picture it... The angle of the capstan is also an excellent idea. It =
conforms to
the radial movement of the lever (whippen) and presumably the lever =
bearing
block is aeriated for strength and lightness. Are the rails of wood or =
extruded
alloy? Are the action parts other than wood? Is there a third drawing =
which
shows the action in the "drop" position - ready for repetition? =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wonder how your action compares to =
Signor
Fazioli's - which I have never seen.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes. It's very elegant!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Herr Calin T must be very
envious!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kind regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G =
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