<!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></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=593114116-09052004><FONT = face=Verdana>Ric,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=593114116-09052004><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=593114116-09052004><FONT face=Verdana>As Dale = stated, our hammers now are much different from what they were 25 years ago. Renner = hammers are apparently different from what they were one year ago, since they = have a new press. Steinway(NY) has improved their hammers, as has Abel. All of = us have tried to improve our product, since standing still is really falling behind.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=593114116-09052004><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=593114116-09052004><FONT face=Verdana>As for "cold = pressed", one manufacturer has stated in a class that using less than 160 = Fahrenheit could be considered a cold pressed hammer, since, at that temperature, = the properties of the felt are not changed. I do not know what temperature, = if any, Renner uses with their new press. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>________________________________________________________= ____________________________</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Ray Negron</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Ronsen Piano Hammer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><A href="mailto:ray@ronsen-hammer.com">ray@ronsen-hammer.com</A></FONT></D= IV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>