Q. Thoughts on aftertouch affecting checking?  A. Aftertouch directly affects backchecking. If we define aftertouch as key travel after letoff, this can translate to backcheck travel after letoff, since the backcheck is attached to the key. Further key stroke equals greater backcheck reach and less equals less. Imagine no aftertouch. The jack ...

Another question from one of my videos on the chrisbrownrpt YouTube channel - Settle Compressibles and Refine (Jan. 2, 2013) Q. How does aftertouch correlate to let-off? Is it simply the distance the key travels to its bottoming out position once escapement has occurred? A. Yes, aftertouch is that distance between letoff and full dip, but "sim...