<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"
bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol=
e_document
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 3/19/2005 10:24:49 P.M. Central Standard Time,
roger.j@sasktel.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=
=3><FONT
size=3>Hi
Wim,<BR> =
Have the hammers been recently reshaped? If the strike surface=
of
the hammer is even in density you will hear little or no difference.<BR>If=
you
have some string grooves just stating to form, you should hear a big
difference. <BR>Regards Roger<BR><BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DI=
V>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>The hammers are relatively new, and the piano only gets played about 10=
hours a month, if that much. So there are virtually no string
groves. That is why I don't understand why this professor uses the peda=
l so
much. I don't hear a difference, and I think he has just gotten in the
habit, without it having any effect on the timbre. The only thing he
complains about is a couple of hammers that do have a zing. Then he trashes =
the
whole piano. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>