<!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 6.00.2900.2627" 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 5/20/2005 9:44:25 AM Central Standard Time, HepplerA@aol.com 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= =2> <DIV>The top 1/4" or so is as soft as gym socks, it smells like Downy, and= there's even a few scorch marks in the bass.  Is there any point in trying to save this set of hammers, or should I save myself the agony and = just replace them?  O.K., now, control your grimaces. :)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Elizabeth Heppler, R.P.T.</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Just throw them in the washer, and rince them again. I hate when that happens. It's so hard to get that Downey smell out of the hammers.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Big grin.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>