> Would you comment further on the "deceleration" idea. > I think you are speaking of the removal of the half > dowel? I have read that the radius of the dowel was > not sufficient to actually provide the intended > "acceleration". What are you gaining by the > decelerating? Less key flexing and anything else? > > Bob Hull The effective key fulcrum changes more through the stroke sitting on a punching than it does on that half dowel, so that isn't it. My reason was to be able to stiffen the key, and eliminating the half dowels gave me room to add a shoe that effectively did that without having to change key buttons. I've done it the other way too, adding both a top plate and long key buttons, and left the half dowels on. This makes a stiffer key, but is a lot more work. Ron N
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