Silent series ?reply reply

[Richard Moody]

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> From: pianoman <pianoman@inlink.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Silent series ?reply reply
> Date: Saturday, September 06, 1997 6:48 AM
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> > From: Richard Moody  <remoody@easnetsd.com>
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: Silent series ?reply
> > Date: Saturday, September 06, 1997 2:33 AM
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> > Dear Richard,
> No, a mute strip would not do.  The hammer had to kept from hitting
the
> string and making any sound at all.>In order to have enough room to
S T O P
>  the hammer they needed further distance from the string to
accomplish
> this, hence greater let-off distance .
> 
> James Grebe

OK  What I really meant was what is the actual mechanism that makes
the hammer S T O P before hitting the string?   

rm