<!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 6.00.5730.11" 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>  A Hammer transplant....it's the only answer</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>Am trying to soften the hammers on a 1980 Sohmer<BR>grand, 5'7". <BR>The hammers are those ones with the purple underfelt,<BR>and the yellow lacquer shoulders. ( What a  color<BR>combo !!! ) WAAAAAAAAY too hard !!!!<BR>Have already sanded out minor grooves, and now<BR>planning to "sugar-coat" strike points with shallow<BR>needling<STRONG><EM><U>. But would prefer specific advice from<BR>someone who has already worked with this hammer type,<BR>in a similar predicament</U></EM></STRONG>.<BR><BR>      Thanks!<BR>      Thump</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>