[CAUT] Crescendo punchings

[Jim Busby]

Mark,

Are the firmer punchings for better regulation/control? If so, then surely they would do the same on a smaller piano, but the noise is too much, hence the compromise to less firm/less noisy. Is that what I'm to understand? 

Thanks!

Jim Busby BYU




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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mark Wisner
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [CAUT] Crescendo punchings

Not all punchings ARE created equal.  Back when I worked for the other Japanese piano manufacturer, we used, and stocked, a firmer (less compressible) set of punchings for the 9 foot grands.  These punchings for the 9's transmitted more action noise and so were considered too noisy for pianos not on the stage.  All other models used a softer type.  Perhaps this practice is more common than I thought

Mark Wisner