It may be useful to think of it as voicing of another felted impact, similar to the one we do with needles at the other end of the chain. We are creating a springy cushion. Having the softer layer is like shallow needling at the crown. /Jason <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 6, 2008 11:43 PM, Richard Brekne <<a href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no">ricb@pianostemmer.no</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">To some degree yes. It rather has to. On some pianos these pressed felt punchings result in to much noise, and as Kent pointed out sometimes pianists simply want a softer feel.  I start with just the Wurzen conicals, and if its just plain too noisy  I put in a 1 mm Kashmir underneath.  The result is still quite a bit more firm then most, ilf not all, cloth punchings alone. Some of the green punchings available are downright mushy really. Cheers RicB <div class="Ih2E3d">    BTW why would putting a thin cloth punching under the conical, firm    punchings at the key front not defeat the purpose of having a firm    landing    bed for the key which the Wurzen conical punchings provide on their own?    David Love </div>   davidlovepianos at <a href="http://comcast.net/" target="_blank">comcast.net</a>    <a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com/" target="_blank">www.davidlovepianos.com</a> </blockquote> </div> -- |  ||  |||  ||  |||  ||  |||  ||  |||  ||  |||  ||  |||  ||  |||         jason's cell 425 830 1561