<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a very fascinating idea, I = would be curious to see a working model.  I do have two concerns, however.  1. = what would be the effect on repetition?  Since repetition is partially = dependent on gravity would this cripple that effect?  2.  What would = this do to key weight?  It would seem that up-weight would be significantly effected.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>Hi folks </DIV> <P>Got to thinking a bit about all the various countebalancing schemes = there are out there... and had a second gander at this whippen sort... = signert Seigfried.  Very cute... you could feasably balance a real = pounder of a hammer on there if you wanted without any of the concerns of weight on = the lower action. Interesting thought. Drawbacks ?? You call em. </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>