<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I notice that the action is laid down on its front in order for you to access the hammers for shaping, I presume. Do you support the action in any other way as you do this this way? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 07/27/07 20:09:11 Central Daylight Time, David@piano.plus.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV> <STYLE type=text/css> .aolmailheader {font-size:8pt; color:black; font-family:Arial} a.aolmailheader:link {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:visited {color:magenta; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:active {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:hover {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} </STYLE> Tuned a nice old Steck upright yesterday.  As you can see, the hammers were <BR>WORN! <BR><BR>I refaced them and ironed them, quantum leap in tone quality and evenness <BR>for minimal time input.  Really, they were a bit too worn to reface and new <BR>hammers would be much better.  But the owner is in his eighties and I don't <BR>think he would have spent the money. <BR><BR>The piano struck me as being very like Bechsteins of the same size and age, <BR>tonally. <BR><BR>David. <BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>