<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julia & Clyde said: "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>OK, just a different term then for = what I usually call shaping, sanding <BR>or filing the hammers.  Got = it.</FONT><BR>(re. "carding")</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I really wish everyone would use the = term "surfacing" hammers, as it best describes what we are really doing to = the hammer. The only hammer that is the exception to this is the Steinway = hammer, that has been lacquered. Because of the lacquering, the hammer is now = one homogenous blob that can be made into any "shape".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best = Regards,</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>