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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've looked at the steinway&sons =
website for
technical information.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I read all the technical explaination, =
and I found
a picture of a tech who is voicing a hammer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the picture (included at the end of =
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message), we clearly see that the hammer has an impregnation on its =
basis,
around the staple area.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All the recent Hamburg Steinways I've =
seen have
regular hammers, with no impregnation at all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is it one of the differencies between =
NY and
Hamburg actions?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've seen old NY Steinways with a =
yellow underfelt
and an impregnation, but I thought that today's steinway hammers were
impregnation-free.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your help on this =
!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>