<!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 6.00.6000.16525" 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>  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> <DIV> </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>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> <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 new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>