Andre's Front Punchings vs Schimmels

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Ric,
Use a dab of kids stick  or paper glue, easy to undo?
Joe Goss RPT
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:45 AM
Subject: Andre's Front Punchings vs Schimmels


> Hello there ya old pirate !
>
> I'll have to give this a try and see how it works.  I am just a tad
> hesitant tho... seems like it would be kinda hard to undo it you wanted
> to sometime in the future.  Tell ya what... you try my 1 mm thick
> Kashmir punching and I'll give your glued paper a whirl :)
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>
>     Hi Ric,
>                  Some of that noise is coming from the card punching,
>     slapping
>     on the frame. That's why I mentioned putting a little dab of white
>     glue on
>     the bottom of the heavy card punching.
>     We have done quite a few piano's this way, and like the results. The
>     white
>     glue has a slightly rubbery quality to it when set, and help to
cushion
>     some noise.  Measure a note in each octave, old punching's, plus old
>     felt
>     punching's, with a digital caliper. Then select a card punching that
>     will
>     give similar results with the crescendo punching.   Repeat for the
>     sharps,
>     they will be different.
>
>     Regards Roger
>
>