<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Replacing partial sets IMO  is pretty much a no win situation.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Good Morning.<BR><BR>I am interested in your favorite technique to make hammers sound louder an<BR>brighter.  Here's the story.<BR><BR>A client was given an old baby grand.  Given that it had been kept out in a<BR>hot barn for years it was in surprising good condition, both casing, action<BR>and strings.  On the upper two octaves, though, the hammers had worn through<BR>to the wood, so we replaced them.  The owner didn't have the cash to replace<BR>all hammers on the piano, so they opted to just replace the worn through<BR>upper treble.  The action has been adjusted and the hammers aligned with the<BR>strings, but the new ones don't sound nearly as bright or as loud as the<BR>remaing ones.  I understand that this is to be expected.  The owner likes<BR>the gritty rock n roll tone that the remaining old hammers has, and wants me<BR>to adjust the new ones to match as closely as possible.  The current<BR>different is pronounced.<BR><BR>Your suggestions?<BR><BR>Arlin<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>