<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Dave</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>I would echo your comments about the punchings. I personally like the landing as it gives a very clean and precise ending to the keystroke.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" size=2>Tom Servinsky</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=piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:piannaman@aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</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 9:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Andre's Front Punchings vs Schimmels</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Though I don't replace as many punchings as I'd like with the Crescendos, I have done several pianos.  Every one of them has showed a remarkable improvement in both touch and tone, as well as ease of regulation.  The point of let off and end of aftertouch have far better definition.  I have had them in my M and H AA for a couple of years now, and have nothing negative to say about them.  As others have pointed out, some people might not like the "hard" landing, and they might not be suitable in certain instruments.<BR><BR>If you haven't used them, I highly recommend trying them.  I first tried them in an action model and even there, one could feel a marked difference...though the tone off the faux string/metal rod didn't improve much....:-)<BR><BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>dstahlpiano.net</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Richard Brekne <ricb@pianostemmer.no><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Sent: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:48 am<BR>Subject: Andre's Front Punchings vs Schimmels<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_733febba-6c92-4534-94e8-39ae4e958c34 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Try asking Jurgen about that. He sells them under the name Crescendo. And Stephen Birkett posted some real interesting high speed photography showing the stability and response they have compared to standard cloth punchings... white or otherwise. <BR> <BR>If you haven't tried them... well do. <BR> <BR>Cheers <BR>RicB <BR> <BR>  Which begs the question: after all this time, who is routinely <BR>  putting in Andre's front punchings?  <BR>  David Ilvedson, RPT <BR>  Pacifica, CA 94044 <BR> <BR></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> More new features than ever. Check out the new <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>