<!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 6.00.6000.16441" 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><STRONG><EM>   Hi Avery</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> The Abel performance hammers are completely different than the other Abels I've seen/used/voiced. The felt in my opinion is Probably Wurzen & it's very nice & easy to manipulate.  It is a very dense hammer & the heaviest I've encountered. One must be prepared to do a very careful weight prep or suffer the consequences. The Grotrian 9 ft that came thru the shop was very happy to have them & that's all it wanted .  Nothing else I tested on it set it free. It's a very use specific hammer IMO.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  The Bb Mason in my shop is Getting the Ronsen Wurzen hammers.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> Just my 2 cents worth----It helps to Know thy hammers</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></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> <DIV>Well, I guess I'll find out in the next few days. I'm getting a set of prehung hammers from Pianotek (Bob) to put on a Bosendorfer. </DIV> <DIV>I've used Wally's before and they've always been good. I just wanted to try Pianotek. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Avery <BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>