let-off

[Susan Kline]

At 01:14 AM 02/25/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear illutrious list,
>     If, as the let-off button felt compacts...the let-off moves closer to 
> the string, do we continuously find, on instruments where let-off 
> regulation has been neglected, that the let-off has moved further from 
> the string?
>Tom Carpenter, associate


Dear Tom,

I don't think I'll buy my portion of the "illustrious", but it seems to me 
that the butt leather/knuckle compresses even more (being bigger and 
thicker than the letoff punching.) Also, the hammer wears away.

Hope I'm right ...

Susan Kline