I should have finished the paragraph before sending iit off: I had order to felts (for Model K) from Steinway, and tried to shake loose the round damper blocks (with overdamper wires) which the factory puts into the Model K. Glorie told me that the blocks are part and parecl of the sets which NY orders for its own production inventory from Hamburg (more likely, Renner). I'f I wanted one such set, I would have to special order the set from Hamburg, through NY, wait nearly a month for the shipment, and be prepared to pay the freight. Does anyone else remember a post about two years ago, about asking Stwy NY for a set of Hamburg hammers factory-glued to NY shanks. (Hamburg hammers because it a C and Hamburg was the only source for C hammers, and NY shanks because it was a NY C. Eventually Mike Mohr emailed in the explanation as to why this particular combo cost, what was it, $1400? Please, let's not get into that one again....) Mr. Bill
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