Hey Will and whomevers, I gave my left hand another shot the other day on a nice grand. Now I remember another reason why I abandoned it... lever at 10:00 oclock on a grand, drop pitch, then smooth push to target works very nice, but then as the pin eases itself back from the push, it pulls the speaking length a bit sharp. I remember now, I was having trouble countering this sharpen-ing tendency. It lead me to abandon my dominant hand on grands. Any thoughts. My preferred right handed position is 2 or 3 oclock (grand). To be fair, in this position the apparent pitch often rises (sometimes significantly) over the target, but I have a clear feel where the pin foot is in relation to that overshoot, and how much the pitch will come back (at least a fair amount of the time). So either righty or lefty there is an "interpretation" of where things stand when the lever is released. But lefty, I find that "interpation" zone much harder to read. I bet this has more to do with my limited muscle strength than anything else. Pulling righty from the 2-3 oclock position is quite easy to do physically, which leaves adequate strength to control and relax as things get close. Lefty, even being the dominant side, with the push against the front of the hole, the strength and endurance required may just be be beyond my my physical limits, leaving no room to relax and smell the daisies at the critical moment. But even so, I'm curious what you get in the way of feedback from the front segment and distal pin deflection in that slow lefty CW push. ...Curious and ready to continue experimenting... Jim Ialeggio -- Jim Ialeggio jim at grandpianosolutions.com 978 425-9026 Shirley Center, MA
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