<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html>   Avery Todd wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>But Ron, my question still remains. Why should it be necessary to stab ANY hammer that many times to get a decent sound. IMHO, if that's the case, the hammer isn't being "pressed" correctly! Wrong? OK, I'll go to bed now and behave myself! Avery  </blockquote> Not a question of right or wrong... correctly or incorrectly... its a question of what the hammer manufacturer was trying to accomplish and how well they succeeded. Some people, actually quite a few, feel very comfortable with very dense hammers and the needling process that accompanies them... some like these squishy muff ball things laquered up with enough dope to drop a horse.... In between there are all sorts of variants.... and you are next to guaranteed to find both the kind of hammer that fits your style best... and at least a few techs who will insist in seeing things in terms of right and wrongs... usually in the sense that there is a wrong way and there is their way. You ask WHY....??  Because We LIKE You !! :) Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A HREF="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>  </html>