<!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 6.00.2900.2523" 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><FONT size=3>  Dale wrote</FONT></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>More relevant to your situation ,Had I the time to wash the lacquer away from t= he crown a bit I would have done that but time didn't permit. I've touched it= up  a few times  with needles since  to smooth out a f= ew glaring notes.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>  <FONT size=3>Hi Phil</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Just To be clear, I did mean wash it down away from the crown with acetone Not alchol or any other a= gent reserved for hard pressed hammers.. Perhaps the advice to not use this techn= ique was given by skilled other practioners but I have utilized this method many times to give more than subtle changes to the tone during voicing of a new s= et of hammers. Experimentation is great teacher. AMHIK?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>