<!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> <DIV>In a message dated 5/8/05 8:55:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time, davidlovepianos@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>I am eager to try these new punchings but I have never been asked<BR>to change = out too soft punchings. I have had two professionals ask<BR>to keep their fing= ers from feeling like they're hitting concrete.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Being a relative lightweight here, I'll offer my opinion anyway...</DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I DO know of someone who wanted to change out punchings that = were too soft--me!  Can't stand a mushy feel, and I'm sure I'm not alone.&nb= sp; </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On the other hand, I'm no Godowsky...nonethelesss, I'm eager to pu= t these punchings in my piano.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've found this whole exchange quite fascinating, despite the shift bac= k and forth across the original topic.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>