<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>  Andre wrote</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>On the other hand, the general principles of voicing apply to basically <BR>all hammers <STRONG>but methods differ</STRONG>, depending on which instrument= one is <BR>working on.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><U> So beautifully & astutely stated</U></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>)Aside from that, American technicians have developed differe= nt methods <BR>and are often more in favor of using hammer hardeners or steam= voicing.<BR>It is for that reason indeed much better to ask an American technician <BR>for advice.<BR>The info I give here is purely to point out = the difference between <BR>European hammers and American hammers.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><U><STRONG>  perfect advice</STRONG></U></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><U>  Regards friend</U></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><U><STRONG>  </STRONG></U><EM>Dale Erwin</EM></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR><BR><BR>friendly greetings<BR>from<BR>André Oorebeek</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>