Yeah, I was sort of playing devil's advocate. I understand...up to a point. I can see the benefit of having fewer of the very thin ones, and can see where they might contribute to a spongy feel. What about the point of diminishing returns, though? Are you really going to take out two 0.010punchings and replace them with one 0.020? Honestly, now, how much can those paper fibers really compress? Gotta be some reality here...no? JF On 2/26/07, Jurgen Goering <pianoforte at pianofortesupply.com> wrote: > > It took me a few hours to get my tongue back out of cheek, it was > jammed in there so hard. Didn't mean to lead anyone astray, I thought > I had made it obvious... > > When I was in training in Germany, the specs were: no more than a total > of four paper/card punchings at the front rail or the balance rail pin, > and no more than two punchings of the same thickness. Anything else is > sloppy and sub-standard. > > > Jurgen Goering > Piano Forte Supply > (250) 754-2440 > info at pianofortesupply.com > http://www.pianofortesupply.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070226/30d33083/attachment.html
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