<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Had a new customer today with a 1974 Yamaha C3 that = does a perfect banjo imitation.  String cuts in the hammers aren't too = bad.  I don't have much experience in voicing, but it seems that this is a = good place to start; in the worst case, I hang new hammers and everyone's happy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'll begin with reshaping the hammers and leveling = the strings, and see how far that takes me.  Would steam be a next = step, or go right for the needles?  Any specific suggestions for these hammers?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks as always,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>