<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> I really hate the "me too" responses, but I agree with Ed Foote on this one.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Tim Coates</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 24, 2008, at 4:14 PM, <a href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"><br> In a message dated 8/24/08 3:03:35 PM, <a href="mailto:rwest1@unl.edu">rwest1@unl.edu</a> writes:<br> <br> <br> </font><blockquote cite="" style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" type="CITE"><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2">I'm about to replace a set of original hammers on a 1915 Steinway O. <br> I may have to keep the original shanks and whippens. Given that <br> scenario, what is the best replacement hammer, natural felt Abel? <br> Are they light enough? Are current Steinway hammers so heavy that <br> there's no way to trim them to a weight that will work on original <br> action parts?<br> </font></blockquote><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"></font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"><br> <br> </font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2">I would talk to the folks at Ronsen, and seek a hammer as near like the originals as possible. The new hammers are not even in the ball park. <br> Regards, <br> <br> <br> <br> Ed Foote RPT<br> <a href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html">http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html</a><br> </font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"></font><br><br><br>**************<br>It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.<br> (<a href="http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047">http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047</a>)</font></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>