<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just got a couple of bags of Andre's "Crescendo" punchings in the mai= l this morning.  One is earmarked for my M and H, and the other is up for= grabs to the first lucky customer who might like to try them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As I was tuning a piano for one of my regular clients, a local church, = I was noticing that there was a spongy feel and not enough aftertouch in their= Kawai KG3.  When the key bottomed out, there was alot of side to side slop.  Overall, the feel was not at all positive; let-off and drop were= nebulous.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I removed the action, the keystop rail, and replaced the green punching(which had become conical through years of pounding) with one of Andre's.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Several things happened:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That note had more power and clarity than it's neighbors</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The key had a very precise feel, despite the key bushings having a bit = more slop than might be considered ideal.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The point of let-off and drop became well defined.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I was quite surprised at the level of improvement.  I will be putt= ing them in my M and H tomorrow.  Road test to follow.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>