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<DIV> Mark</DIV>
<DIV> It's really hard to make assumptions based on moldings. By the
way Ronsen supplies mahogany moldings on request. It's called
sapele...or.....(suh---pee-- lee). So not necessarily Abel. In fact Charles
asked me about the tone of one of his pianos in Feb at the Cal. He was going to
try the Bacon felt as the consensus including mine was that the hammers in the
piano were strident sounding.</DIV>
<DIV> Dale</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Thanks,
Del, Dale, and David. The hammers have mahogany-colored moldings, so I guess
that means Abel? Interesting. The piano <I>is </I>in a large showroom, so I
will advocate hardeners only as a last resort. Meanwhile, it'll be fun to see
how far I can take it with polishing/ironing. <BR><BR>-
Mark</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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