Richard writes: >But in direct answer to your query, yes and action can definatly have a >static DW of 50 grams and have overly heavy hammers at the same time. >You could have monster hammers and tons of leverage... which would >result in an akward playing action, probably accompanied with shallow >key dip... Is this perhaps a typo? In order to have the leverage necessary to get a DW of 50 gr. with "monster" hammers (which I assume means heavy hammers), you will need an extremely long hammer stroke (keydip), or an extremely short blow distance. Regards, Ed Foote
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