KS 2: Concerning Dags and the Return Spring

KS 2: Concerning Dags and the Return Spring

Concerning Dags and the Return Spring:

First, consider the dag at the back of the keybed (pronounced dog, as in bench dog, thank you David Hughes). Blue painter's tape (useful for not leaving a residue when removed) secures front punchings cut to fit vertically under the overhang and selected to stop the action at the same spot as the cheekblocks. 

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Key Steps for Grand Regulating - Slideshow

KS 1: New Offering in the Offing

A New Offering in the Offing:

The Key Steps for Grand Regulating Slideshow plots an effective approach to grand regulation. With this photographic outline for context and continuity, please join me weekly for a short episode of this expanding, piecemeal presentation that formerly would have happened in person in a classroom. Despite the negatives of not seeing your faces or hearing your questions in real time, I think there may be other strengths to this format: the abilities to scout the path ahead and revisit each step on demand, for instance.

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