<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">  Yes, I only guessed Abel based on Del's statement. They are certainly not too strident. I'll try and remember to get a pic when I'm there next week. Thanks again to all - this has been most helpful!<br> <br> - Mark<br> <br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:%3Ccc9.1d2ad369.343c4c59@aol.com%3E" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name="GENERATOR"> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" 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="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" 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> </font><br> <br> <br> <div><font style="color: black; font-family: ARIAL,SAN-SERIF; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <hr style="margin-top: 10px;">See what's new at <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</a> and <a moz-do-not-send="true" 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> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>