felt knuckles????

[Robin Blankenship]

Josef Hoffman IS credited with the invention of the pneumatic shock absorber
used in automobiles. At least,  so I've heard. It would not surprise me if
he indeed did devote some work toward specific action design.
Robin Blankenship

----- Original Message -----
From: Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: felt knuckles????


>
> ----- 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.
> >
> ----------------------------------
>
> In my experience the only thing different about these actions was the
> construction of the knuckles.
>
> What was the 'Hoffman' action?
>
> Regards,
>
> Del
>