<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andre said: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>European hammers are harder. This has to do with different approaches=20<BR>in tone building.<BR>These differences are actually = not important...."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andre,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IMO, European hammers are harder = because the piano design/construction/scale(s) differ profoundly, from what American = pianos have/do. It is definately "Important" to all, IMO!<G> Ya gots to = know what you're dealing with, in order to make the proper choices in Re-What-Evering.<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>