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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>But the piano wasn’t designed =
for
what you are saying below. . So what do we do ? =
hard front rail puchings
with little after touch? OK …. But don’t say it =
improves tone
unless you can prove it. ---ric </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original =
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span =
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Joe Garrett<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, April 03, =
2005 1:16
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Oorebeeks =
Punchn's</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Richard Moody said: =
"</span></font>When
the key hits the front rail punching, the hammer has long ago left =
=<br>
any<br>
contact with the key. How the heck can a front rail =
punching
affect =<br>
tone<br>
after the hammer has hit the string???"</p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Richard,</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>You've, really, not been paying attention to =
the
posts....OR what is going on with your clients pianos, IMO!<G> The =
key,
Hammer Shank and even the wippen, distort, (especially w/hard playing). =
This
distortion/flexing is tatamount to good mindset in regulation, IMO. Ya =
needs ta
see a slo-mo of an action in motion, then you'll understand why Andre's
Punching does what it does. Also, you will come to understand why =
pianists
insist that they can control the "tone" with playing
technique.<G></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Regards,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<br>
Captain, Tool Police<br>
Squares R I</span></font></p>
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