felt knuckles????

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dierauf" <mdierauf@mediaone.net>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: September 29, 2000 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: felt knuckles????


> I was told in school that these are "Hoffman" actions, and that apparantly
> they had something to do with Josef Hoffman, the pianist. No idea how true
> this may be. And Keith - I've got an M in my database that beats yours by
a
> year: #372213, 1961.
>
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In my experience the only thing different about these actions was the
construction of the knuckles.

What was the 'Hoffman' action?

Regards,

Del