<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" 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> <DIV>    T<FONT size=3>hat''s right Tom the Maple is ligthe= r. After weighing a few sets against the sapele they average about 1/2 gram lig= hter per hammer. Hey 1/2 gram is a 1/2 gram when you're trying to make weight.Right?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></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>Ray Negron at Ronsen Hammers, a great guy to do business with.  If you do<BR>make the order may I suggest asking for the soft white maple core instead of<BR>the mahogany core. It's a tad lighter and will help with tou= ch weight.<BR>Also since they do all of the production at their facility you = can specify<BR>for a longer tail ( Steinway in particular) if needed.<BR>Tom Servinsky<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Bec and John" <bjsilva001@comcast.net><BR>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:15 PM<BR>Subj= ect: Re: Renner Blues and Ronsen Wurzen<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>