ferrari: Your post made me look at two of my altos, one a TT with the forked Eb system (disabled) and a Ref 54. I'd never looked at them before with your "problem" in mind.
It IS true that the R3 pearl is closer to the R2 pearl on the TT than on the Ref 54. The R3 pearl on the Ref 54 is more centered on the pad cup than is the R3 pearl on the TT because the TT's R3 pearl must also hold down the R2 pad cup when the player fingers the forked Eb.
For me, it doesn't matter because the differences in the distance between those two pearls is pretty small. However, I'd imagine a tech could move the R3 pearl closer to the R2 pearl if you hired one to do it. I know I used a lot more words to say essentially what JayePDX wrote . . . guess I'm just re-stating the observation in a different way. DAVE
It IS true that the R3 pearl is closer to the R2 pearl on the TT than on the Ref 54. The R3 pearl on the Ref 54 is more centered on the pad cup than is the R3 pearl on the TT because the TT's R3 pearl must also hold down the R2 pad cup when the player fingers the forked Eb.
For me, it doesn't matter because the differences in the distance between those two pearls is pretty small. However, I'd imagine a tech could move the R3 pearl closer to the R2 pearl if you hired one to do it. I know I used a lot more words to say essentially what JayePDX wrote . . . guess I'm just re-stating the observation in a different way. DAVE
