<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Andre's Front Punchings vs Schimmels</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jon,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>             We have carried the test a step further.  Since the Crescendo punchings are a bit thinner than many of the factory installed punchings, a .060" to .080" is needed to avoid the stack of paper and card punchings under the felt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On Yamaha's we glue a .065 card punching to the rail just a little tack no squeeze out.   Big difference in both tone and noise.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Give it a try you may like it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards Roger</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jonpage@comcast.net href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net">Jon Page</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 05, 2008 6:49 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Andre's Front Punchings vs Schimmels</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>This non-"voicing" voicing is quite intriguing...</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>