> This suggests to me at least, that a well made tip should > work for most every pin. Yes, you can get used to a > rocky fit on the pin if you've never used a tip that fits > snugly. I just asked my student assistant if it bothered > him, and he said that he's used to it (he's been using it > a year and a half, and has never used anything else). > But once you've experienced that level of control, it is > difficult to accept the loose rocking that accompanies > these tips. It feels like you're a beginner again, > especially on an instrument with tight pins. > > Jeff > That reflects my own experience so far. Well, I don't know how a well-fitting lever feels to use. But intuitively I miss the possibility to actively stop the motion of the pin (by blocking it with the lever) just in the very same moment as it begins to turn in the pinblock. So my common sense hypothesis is that if the lever has to loosely slip 1/2 inch in the opposite direction before getting grip on the pin and blocking its movement, the pin has enough time to continue its movement too far and stop its motion by itself. The problem is of course more noticeable for tight pins. On the other hand, you might argue that even the slightest rocking could made such precise control impossible, so you would actually need a *perfectly* fitting tip, and that is hardly possible to achieve in practice, or is it? Any thoughts on that? Michael
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