<!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>  By the way Mark....I have juiced Wurzen felt, mainly in the bass & my warning is as little and as thin as possible if this is the direction. Sometimes a few drops of thin something (break in fluid) on the crown in the Bass bichords  & tenor thru not 40 help the initial attack but usually not more.ie.  like 3 to  6 drops. </DIV> <DIV>  Dale</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,<BR>> so I guess that means Abel? Interesting. The piano is in a large showroom,<BR>> so I will advocate hardeners only as a last resort. Meanwhile, it'll be fun<BR>> to see how far I can take it with polishing/ironing.<BR>><BR>>  - Mark<BR><BR>And I'm sure you're first doing all the requisite string leveling and<BR>precise hammer to string mating...right?<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>JF<BR><BR>Ron Paul for President<BR>www.ronpaul2008.com</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>