[CAUT] Andres punching tested

[Richard Brekne]

Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote:

>   Hi Fred
>   They are stiffer than anything I've ever encountered & mostly 
> because it is not a woven cloth but a pressed felt. I've used the pear 
> green & I don't find them any different than any thing else except the 
> color is brighter. I'll check it out today with calipers
>   Dale


I'd agree... yet there is an elasticity to them as well not encountered 
with other punchings... or so I seem to percieve these.  You get this 
really nice feeling of hitting a very solid bottom while also 
experiencing a very pleasant <<spring>> back upwards... nothing too 
dramatic mind you, but noticible and nice.  Then there is the 
unmistakable change in piano tone... harder to find an explaination for, 
but some of the attempts made so far seem to have some sense to them. In 
anycase its there. 

RicB

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