<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wasn't sure of the description = myself, but I know *my* 60's vintage Hamilton has this problem of jacks sometimes not fully = resetting on slow release.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You wrote...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>>>If there is not enough (just enough) lost motion, the jack = will not return under the butt on a slow (soft) release.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>... which was once exactly the problem = with my little Hamilton.  It was aggrivated by higher humidity.  As I = recall, the Hamiton butt leather isn't really leather but is some synthetic = stuph.  Perhaps it expands somewhat with humidity???  Anyway, the cure was = to add a wink more lost motion, at least on *my* piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>