"Crescendo" punching test

Piannaman@aol.com Piannaman@aol.com
Sat, 21 May 2005 01:49:20 EDT


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List,
 
I just got a couple of bags of Andre's "Crescendo" punchings in the mail  
this morning.  One is earmarked for my M and H, and the other is up for  grabs to 
the first lucky customer who might like to try them.
 
As I was tuning a piano for one of my regular clients, a local church, I  was 
noticing that there was a spongy feel and not enough aftertouch in their  
Kawai KG3.  When the key bottomed out, there was alot of side to side  slop.  
Overall, the feel was not at all positive; let-off and drop were  nebulous.
 
I removed the action, the keystop rail, and replaced the green  
punching(which had become conical through years of pounding) with one of  Andre's.  
 
Several things happened:
 
That note had more power and clarity than it's neighbors
 
The key had a very precise feel, despite the key bushings having a bit more  
slop than might be considered ideal.
 
The point of let-off and drop became well defined.
 
I was quite surprised at the level of improvement.  I will be putting  them 
in my M and H tomorrow.  Road test to follow.
 
Dave Stahl

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