<!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 6.00.2800.1400" 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>  Jon</DIV> <DIV>  I agree with your assessment. I just had a similar situation &am= p; I did as you suggest & it works fine. The line your concerned with is the = true one to take into account  The majority of the bottom/tail will get shap= ed & there will be no down side. I do not beleve the wood is warped from moisture but there is a lot of pressure on those thin top moldings in the press.</DIV> <DIV>  I installed a set on a Yam C-3 & they sound really good. I'l= l know more today.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Regards</DIV> <DIV>   Dale Erwin:</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>Here's a photo of the top hammer of a set of Ronsen Wurzen felt hammers.<BR>The mol= ding is warped slightly which diminishes through the entire top section.<BR>The= last/f(irst to me) set had not so many warped but there were enough <BR>ex= tras to eliminate them.<BR>(92 count as opposed to 90)<BR><BR>I'm inclined to d= rill perpendicular to the line and install the head with <BR>the bulk towards t= he rear<BR>thereby removing more material in the tail arcing procedure for maximum <BR>weight reduction.<BR>I may or may not use a Forstner bit to cu= t in a cove depending on weight <BR>but it really removes<BR>so little as to probably be not with the effort.<BR><BR>Just wanted to bounce this off y'all,<BR><BR>Jon Page<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>