<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 9/20/02 9:59:36 AM Central Daylight Time, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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I've purchased countless sets of Steinway hammers over the years and I've<BR>
never had a set that were prelacquered. That's why this was unusual, they<BR>
were clearly hardened beforehand.<BR>
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David Love<BR>
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Hmmm, sounds like someone restocked them.<BR>
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David Koelzer<BR>
Vintage Pianos<BR>
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