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<DIV><FONT size=2>Actually, I didn't really have a problem with the =
tone.
The tenor and bass was quite nice. The treble needed more juice =
and this
is where I found the felt to be not accepting the lacquer as unlacquered =
felt
generally does. I've gotten into the habit of prelacquering =
hammers
because they just always need something. Now I will be a bit more =
cautious
when I use their hammers. It seems that I recall hearing that they =
sometimes do this with D hammers but not with the others.
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> September 20, 2002 9:47 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Voicing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
face="Times New Roman"
size=2 FAMILY="SERIF">In a message dated 9/20/2002 8:59:04 AM =
Pacific Daylight
Time, <A href="mailto:Kdivad@aol.com">Kdivad@aol.com</A>
writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: =
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solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>Re: Voicing </B><BR>Date:9/20/2002 8:59:04 AM =
Pacific
Daylight Time<BR>From:<A
href="mailto:Kdivad@aol.com">Kdivad@aol.com</A><BR>Reply-to:<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>To:<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><I>Sent =
from the
Internet </I><BR><BR><BR><BR>In a message dated 9/20/02 9:59:36 AM =
Central
Daylight Time, <A
=
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n=
et</A>
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writes:<BR><BR> &nbs=
p;
Dave </FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" =
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bsp;
Send them =
back.<BR>
Dale</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" =
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TYPE="CITE"><BR>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><BR>David
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