Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2006-08-24 14:38
That would be generally true, unless you obtain the better venting by enlarging the tone holes.
Better venting can be achieved by decreasing key cork thickness, bending the key, installing the pad further into the key cup, or using a thinner pad. All of these increase the travel of the key, hence the travel of the finger.
However, if you have cork pads, then better venting can be achieved by rounding off the edge of the pad, almost to the sealing circle, as is commonly done with the register key's pad. This does not affect the travel of the pad or finger.
Of course, for the C#/G# key you could decrease finger travel by placing the finger closer to the hinge, but that increases the FORCE that the finger must apply.
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