[pianotech] Vertical Touchweight

[Ryan Sowers]

Maybe if you stacked 'em up and forced them between the ribs and back posts
of an upright! I think they would be more of a diminuendo than a crescendo,
however.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:40 AM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote:

>
> Personally, I'm still waiting to hear how they help reform lost crown on
> old
> soundboards.  Kidding, of course.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Jim Busby
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:31 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Vertical Touchweight
>
> David,
>
> I regularly replace everything, when possible, with Crescendo punchings and
> it does make a positive difference. I have a gauge that does a simple, yet
> maybe not too scientific compression test, and most punchings (I haven't
> tried 'em all!) don't seem to be as dense, or at least "less compressible".
> Players seem to like this "firm landing", for lack of better words. I've
> done it on several piano faculty pianos w/o telling them what I did and
> they
> all commented something like this "I really like my piano! I feels _____
> (add your own word) better, firmer, more control, sounds better..." etc.
> i.e. they all liked the results but couldn't really put a finger on one
> thing.
>
> The new S&S punchings and the Kawai and Yamaha 9' pianos also seem to have
> denser FR punchings than other models. Nearly ALL uprights seem to have the
> "spongier" punchings, so it does seem to help.
>
> Jim Busby RPT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf
> Of david at piano.plus.com
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:14 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Vertical Touchweight
>
>  "Crescendo front rail punchings replaced the spongy "shoe
> insole" material that came from the factory.  What a difference"
>
>
> 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?
>
> I suppose with this piano, your work will bring it up to the limits of
> what's possible for it, get the best that's possible out of it, in terms
> of action responsiveness.  It won't of course change soundboard and scale
> factors, but it will be very interesting to find out to what extent the
> piano becomes satisfying to play just through improving the action.
>
> Keep us posted
>
> David.
>
>


-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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