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I think it is important. Add front pin punchings to reduce dip on a sample key or two. This may make all the difference to your enjoyment of the piano.

I am only just beginning to learn to play piano and have only finally gotten the action back in the piano after major rework. What with pulling the action in and out to get things the way they should be and my own inexperience with the piano, it is just to early to be changing the key dip. The fellow that refurbished the piano 30 years ago did a fairly nice job on replacing the under key felts/punchings, so I am leaving any adjustment to that for sometime well down the line of repairs. These felts have seen almost no wear, and there has been no moth damage.

I am in much the same boat as you but my stickers are shorter and 30 years younger.

It took me ages to get round to adjusting the key dip because I had thought the keyboard was the one part of the piano I didn't need to touch. So I fully understand how you feel.

In the end I begged some punchings from our tuner, popped some on top of the cushion for a few test keys, added more and took some out until I found the best dip, and voilà. I wish I'd done it much sooner because playability was completely transformed.

The pros here will be able to give you a much better explanation than me.

"When do hammers leave the jacks on an upright piano?"

When the jacks turn out to be total wankers, that's when!