Hi David, I meant that the change in the front punchings alone made a huge difference to the feel of the piano. I installed the Crescendo straights, which is what Jurgen Goering recommended to me for an upright piano. The first work I did, other than some very preliminary hammer shaping, was on the keyboard -- reconditioning, lubricating and regulating key height, level and dip. It was not until I got to setting the dip that I began substituting in the new front rail punchings, so I was able to get a very clear "before and after" evaluation as I worked my way up the keyboard. Mark Cramer has suggested to me that a crisp escapement and a firm landing work together to give a precise sense of aftertouch. This project has given me some insight into what that means under the fingers, even though the postential for a feel of crisp escapement in this instrument is somewhat limited. Floyd David said: Floyd, your mention of the Crescendo punchings used on an upright is interesting - I've wondered myself if it would make much difference; the mentions on here seem to have been in relation only to grands. When you said "what a difference!" did you mean specifically from the Crescendo punchings, or from all the other bits too that you mentioned?
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