<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 11, 2006, =
at 4:48 PM, Ric Brekne wrote:</DIV><BR =
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P =
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" =
size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Congrats Jeff !</FONT></P> =
<P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; =
min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">At least so far so good.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> =
</SPAN>I'm going to vote away from the frey here and suggest you opt =
for factory hung CFIII hammers. These are now made of Wurzen AA felt and =
are far from being too hard. <SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> =
</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Well, I was waiting to not =
be the first....</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm of the school of =
authenticity, particularly in today's environment of having artist =
endorsement wars and pianos as investments. It won't be a Yamaha =
anymore without Yamaha hammers, anymore than having a '66 Corvette with =
a Hemi is a Chevy. If you change the hammer manufacturer, remove the =
name from the fallboard.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But that's =
me.</DIV><DIV>Jeff T</DIV></BODY></HTML>=