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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.
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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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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>
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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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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<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>We've contacted Abel to see what they
could come up with. </FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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size=4> last
hammer 95 from #0801-AL weights <STRONG>5.07
gr</STRONG>. 92 from #0801-AG weights
<STRONG>5.55 gr</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Normand Trudel<BR>Sales
Manager<BR>Pianophile Inc.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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