Some key beds seem to telescope more action noise than others. For the most part the punchings have worked out really well but there have been two cases where removing them and installing the woven felts reduced the key bed/action noise appreciable. I love the accuracy. I have them on my own piano (Stwy B) and I love the solid feel. However I am not a great pianist but I can see that perhaps if I were...and if I were playing quite forcefully that the abrupt stop might cause a sensation I may not like. Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Custom restoration Ronsen Piano hammers Join the Weickert felt Revolution 209-577-8397 209-985-0990 -----Original Message----- From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 1:15 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] Crescendo punchings was RE: aftertouch Weird again. I've nothing but positiveremarks from staff and student pianists regarding the punching changes. Do they like the mushy feel of soft punchings? I don't thinkany of them notice any tonal differences as claimed. I really don'teither, but love the feel when properly regulated. Paul From: Kent Swafford <kswafford at gmail.com> To: caut at ptg.org Date: 12/14/2010 01:02 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Crescendo punchings was RE: aftertouch Weird indeed. I have removed all of the sets I have installed,to the immediate relief of all the pianists involved. Kent On Dec 14, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Jim Busby wrote: Weird. My folks are 100%“love it”. Jim From: caut-bounces at ptg.org[mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 7:00 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Crescendo punchings was RE: aftertouch They do all that but theyalso hurt my fingers sometimes. I’ve used them but I’ve also removedthem. Clearly defined regulation at the bottom is nice when you’reregulating but it’s not always that nice to play. The reviews aremixed, in my book, and I wish I could tell you when and why. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: caut-bounces at ptg.org[mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of Alan Eder Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 4:26 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] aftertouch (was Re: F..riction) This squishiness of the felt is not afactor with Crescendo Punchings Yes, they make it possible to have less aftertouch(and, therefore, more power) and still be clearly defined about where keydip ends with a reasonable landing (without feeling like concrete). Ihave followed Andre Oorebeek's practice and install them routinely as partof every action job. Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Jon Page <jonpage at pianocapecod.com> To: caut <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 11:07 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] aftertouch (was Re: F..riction) Final check is to take each key through escapement (slowly and controlled) and then press to the bottom and compress the front punching a bit. The hammers should each rise from drop the same amount, not much but definitely some (1 mm?). That's a lot of lost territory. Thissquishiness of the felt is not a factor with Crescendo Punchings. -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101214/0a2f4cc0/attachment.htm>
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