<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We use "H" as well as "B" pencils in = UK. Now we know how Bach wrote his fugue on B.A.C.H</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</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=skline@peak.org href="mailto:skline@peak.org">Susan = Kline</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 31, 2005 = 6:21 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Different = materials for hammer shanks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>At 11:03 PM 7/30/2005 -0600, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial = color=#0000ff size=2>A bright yellow #2 lead pencil used for the shank.  = Hmmmm...and I wondered why it didn't sound or feel the same as the other notes/keys/hammers....</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT size=2>Should = have used a #3 lead pencil ... but only in the treble. A #1 lead pencil for the = bass ...</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>