<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>In a message dated 2/9/2004 8:37:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianolove= r88@hotmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>I'm replacing old hammers in a customer's 1896= Emerson Upright, and I wanted <BR>to get opinions as to the use of "Imadega= wa" brand hammers. They cost about <BR>$40 less than an Abel set, which I kn= ow is a superior hammer, but... Is the <BR>Imadegawa a decent hammer for an = old upright? My customer is only an <BR>"ocassional" player, and up until no= w (I just met her last week), her piano <BR>was almost a WHOLE step flat, ha= d non-damping dampers, and hammers that were <BR>badly worn, almost to the w= ood core! (sometime in the past, someone must <BR>have filed, the hammers, p= robably more than once). So, I'm sure ANY new <BR>hammers will be a big impr= ovement, but still, I wanted the opinion(s) of <BR>those wiser than I.<BR>Th= anks!<BR><BR>Terry Peterson<STRONG><FONT color=#000040>  </FONT></STR= ONG></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#000040><FONT size=3> &= nbsp;    Terry</FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG> &= nbsp; Ronsens are the best hammer for an upright in my highly biased opinion= . If the desire is to create a Japanese/asian sound in an old amer= ican upright then by all means use the Imadagawas.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG> D= ale</STRONG></FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040></FONT> </DIV></BOD= Y></HTML>