Mark, Everybody _knows_ that if you buy the right sneakers, you will be able to shoot hoops like an NBA pro, right? :) -e > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mark Schecter > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:59 PM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: Crescendo Punchings > > > Hello to all, I've only recently started reading this list, > though I've > known some of you for years. > > I would like to ask you to explain something to me. I have not read > anything previously about these punchings, and so I'm coming at this > with no previously-formed attitude. > > Jon Page wrote: > > I have been struggling with a rebuilt A which has been > lackluster at > > best and a textbook example of the killer octave+. > > > > Much to my relief, as I was installing these punchings I > could discern > > an improvement in the tone, it became more focused; more > noticeably in > > the problem areas. (I know that I'm not going crazy because I've > > already crossed that threshold). Of course it didn't eliminate the > > problems but certainly made them less bad, tolerable, > imperceptible to > > some. At least now they don't jump out at you and do that little > > Nah-Nah-You-Can't-Touch-Me dance. > > I wish you, Jon, or Andre' or anyone here would explain to me > _exactly > how_ a punching under a key, which is not touched by the key > until after > let-off, can affect the velocity, trajectory, or any other > characteristic of the hammer's flight (if there is any other) > so as to > have any influence whatsoever on the tone? Thank you for > enlightening me. > > Mark Schecter > Oakland, CA > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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