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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Wayne,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Watch out with the wider.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I had one piano, and the supplied hammers were
wider, not as the samples I had sent.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I didn't notice, not expecting them to be wider.
After installation, I had to trim the edges in the bass, to get them to be
free.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have seen trimmed bass hammers in some pianos
from the factory.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wayne.w@musicstop.com href="mailto:wayne.w@musicstop.com">Wayne
Walker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 15, 2006 2:30 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Abel Golden Bell Hammers
Update</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN class=421402217-15052006>I posted a
question about Abel Golden Bell Hammers on the list last week
and received no response. Here is an update on the item which is sold by
Pianophile in Canada. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Wayne Walker</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Piano Tuner /
Technician</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT></DIV><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>Musicstop Acoustic Piano
Service</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>264 Herring Cove
Road</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>Halifax, NS,
Canada</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>B3P
1M1</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=2><STRONG>902-221-1540</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><STRONG>902-496-6924
Fax</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000 size=2><A
href="http://www.musicstop.com">www.musicstop.com</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=156580219-12052006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=4>Hi Norm,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156580219-12052006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=4>I've noticed the new Abel Golden Bell Hammers. What is different about
these hammers compare to the other Abel hammers you carry other than the
yellow underfelt. I tried to find information on Abel web site but they had
nothing about them. I'm doing a quote for work on a Heintzman upright and
noticed these new hammers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=156580219-12052006><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>We had several techs/rebuilding
shops asking for a larger hammerhead. To use them in</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>large Upright pianos.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>We've contacted Abel to see what
they could come up with. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>The Golden Bell type is our own
brand. It is heavier than the regular Abel hornbeam. (#0801-AL)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>For comparison, hammerhead 00
from #0801-AL weights <STRONG>8.45 gr.</STRONG> 00
from #0801-AG weights <STRONG>10.47 gr</STRONG>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4> last
hammer 95 from #0801-AL weights <STRONG>5.07
gr</STRONG>. 92 from #0801-AG weights
<STRONG>5.55 gr</STRONG>.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>It's not really bigger, as what you
see in old Uprights, but it is wider than regular Abel.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>From what we heard from the
customers who installed them, it really brings up sound & volume from
the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>piano. Of course it has regular
features found in Abel hammerheads.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Normand Trudel<BR>Sales
Manager<BR>Pianophile Inc.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV><BR>
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