<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>PS,  Jim's formula: E = = mc2  (energy = mass x speed of light2) would have little to do with the breaking string = problem methinks - BH. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </B>M J & L V Ashby <<A = href="mailto:mjashby@xtra.co.nz">mjashby@xtra.co.nz</A>><BR><B>To: </B>Piano List <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date: </B>Sunday, 28 November 1999 21:32<BR><B>Subject: </B>String = breakage in relation to hammer mass<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>If a hammer is unusually heavy = will it contribute to string breakage?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Michael </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>