<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom: According to the classes I have = taken on Steinway hammers, the hammers always need to be treated to bring out the = tone. If you get a hold of the Steinway manual, it will give you some more = info on this procedure, or search the PTG archives. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick Poulson, RPT</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Tvak@aol.com href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@aol.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 25, 2004 = 1:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Steinway V = hammers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List<BR><BR>New Steinway hammers on an = old V don't sound as good as the old ones.  I have sanded off the fuzz a bit, = but I'm wondering:  do they need to be lacquered like the grand hammers = do?  They sure seem on the dull side...<BR><BR>Thanks in = advance,<BR><BR>Tom Sivak<BR>Chicago</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>