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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Now that’s a first for me. I
wouldn’t expect you would need lacquer on a Yamaha hammer. The
recent iterations supposedly use Wurzen felt but I have to admit they would be
a bit hard for my taste on that particular piano. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>cclpianos@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:00
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: New Steinway Hammers
was---hammer thickness trimming jig</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Having just read the blurb on the Steinway hammers: I
have used Yamaha hammers on my Steinway "O" and loved the results. I
have never lacquered them. They are a bit pricey but are nearly identical in
gram weight and physical dimensions. I did this after meeting a recording
studio engineer from LA, whose piano had the modification. </span></font></p>
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