<!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> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=171020819-09102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>If this piano has hammers with dark-colored moldings, they are Abel. The hammers Walter has ordered from Ronsen all have maple moldings.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=171020819-09102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=171020819-09102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Erwinspiano@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> October 08, 2007 8:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Walter 175 hammers<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><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="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>