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<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
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<DIV> I usually shallow needle
my Yami's U3 hammers after tuning to take off the "glassy" edge. However,
after 10+ years of playing on this piano (This is my personal piano),
sugar-coating ain't cutting it anymore. The hammers sound
ear-piercing. I side needled the area just in front of the wood core,
but this only alleviated the ear piercing sound a little. These hammers
were <EM>packed ha</EM>rd too! Is Yamaha hammer
quality the problem? What am I doing wrong? ...or aren't I needling
enough? </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
<DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV>
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