<!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 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vladan said:"<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>Is that what you meant, Joe?<FONT face=Arial = size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Persactly!<G> Well almost. What I = am talking about is all of the stored energy in the key when it is played. I think = with a soft punching, the punching absorbs more of that energy. And, probably = more than we think!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When we play a key, (at whatever = velocity), the key bends, (some more than others). When the key bottoms out then that = latent energy goes somewhere. With Andre's punching, I suspect/speculate that more of = that energy is exerted back into the "action" than if there were a soft = punching. K? I truly believe that this is the main reason why the punching does what = it does.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,<BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>