<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Mark,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>They look very much like a set of "stock bore" hammers I got from Ford in the early '90's.  Those hammers were definitely cold pressed hammers and needed to be juiced, but were just fine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>tim g</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Cramer@brandonu.ca href="mailto:Cramer@brandonu.ca">Mark Cramer</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">CAUT</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 27, 2006 3:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] I.D. these hammers?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=200044220-27102006> Hello all,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=200044220-27102006></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I've just bought a 1926 Mason & Hamlin<SPAN class=200044220-27102006> A,</SPAN><SPAN class=150404021-25102006> </SPAN>with<SPAN class=150404021-25102006> </SPAN>hammers about 10 years <SPAN class=200044220-27102006>old (see p</SPAN>hoto)<SPAN class=200044220-27102006>, which </SPAN><SPAN class=200044220-27102006>I can't identify. Does anyone recognize these? </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=200044220-27102006>They appear to have</SPAN> mahogany molding<SPAN class=200044220-27102006>s </SPAN>with European<SPAN class=200044220-27102006>-style </SPAN>coving<SPAN class=200044220-27102006>, and </SPAN>pink<SPAN class=200044220-27102006> ... </SPAN><SPAN class=200044220-27102006>okay "magenta" underfelt.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>These hammers have very little wear and sound quite nice. I am thinking of keeping them, however the shanks m<SPAN class=200044220-27102006>ight</SPAN> <SPAN class=200044220-27102006>just </SPAN>have to go.... what do you think!?  ;>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark Cramer</FONT>  <SPAN class=200044220-27102006><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=200044220-27102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brandon University</FONT> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=200044220-27102006><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS Piano arrives here Wednesday, so I'll be able to take a closer look then. </FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>