<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Andre's Front Punchings vs Schimmels</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Which begs the question: after all this time, who is routinely</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">putting in Andre's front punchings?</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>I am.  I replace even new punchings on grands to the owners amazement</div> <div>at the improvement. Even the ones coming through the shop for resale.</div> <div><br></div> <div>A few Asian verticals have come through also with conical green woven FR</div> <div>punchings. The first one sounded like it needed voicing but after I noticed the</div> <div>punchings were mixed in regards to their shape orientation, I placed them with</div> <div>the narrow side on top and the voicing problems went away.</div> <div><br></div> <div>But the Wurzen felt punchings have a more positive landing and less discrepancy</div> <div>in key travel between pp and ff.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I also prefer the Crescendo Balance Rail Punchings for their stability</div> <div>maintaining a key level when new and a solid pivot for the key.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>