<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">In a message dated 9/18/2002 9:23:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes:<BR>
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Ron<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"> This doesn't surprise me a bit. Ari ,at least in the past, prejuiced all his hammer sets with a plexiglass solution to some degree unless you specifically request none. He is fairly consistent about it but sometimes some get stiffer than others. Great hammers. Still more variables ehh<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Yet with my soundboards, I've needled the Isaacs down. I don't think it's <BR>
knowing the hammer as much as knowing the hammer in relation to the scaling <BR>
and soundboard assembly of the specific piano.<BR>
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Ron N<BR>
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