Andre's Front Punchings vs Schimmels

[David Ilvedson]

Which begs the question:   after all this time, who is routinely putting in Andre's front punchings?   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 1/17/2008 12:33:51 PM
Subject: Andre's Front Punchings vs Schimmels


>Hi folks..

>A couple years back when this was a hot item for discussion the a couple 
>posts were made in which it seemed like a suggestion was being made that 
>Andre's idea for using hammer felt in conical shape for front punchings 
>was not his idea at all and that Schimmel had been doing this for 
>years.  Not having a good enough camera at the time I couldn't really 
>illustrate how false this idea was.

>Attached is a foto of both types.  On the left Andre's  ... known as 
>Crescendo over there and sold by Jurgen.  On the right is the cloth (not 
>pressed felt) non-conically shaped punching that Schimmel has been using 
>all these years.  As you can see the Schimmel punching is just a 
>standard front punching in white cloth...not green.

>I hope the sender of that claim a couple years back is reading.  I said 
>it then and I say it again.  The pressed felt punching in conical shape 
>was Andre's idea... and he deserves the credit for coming up with the idea.

>Cheers
>RicB