<!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>In a message dated 7/12/2004 11:44:23 PM Pacific Standard Time,
joegarrett@earthlink.net writes:</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>
<DIV></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 hamm=
er,
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></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT
size=3> </FONT>=
</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> To Best regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> uh That is odd. I've always=
filed
them successfully before I turn them into lacquered blobs. I guess I didn't =
know
any better. I also always file the Ronsen & Bass hammers a fair bit to g=
et
the shape I want</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> By the way the last set of Stwy Hammers I used in=
A B
were spectacular. Except for the initial filing, fitting & Usual weight
prep they required almost no lacquer & mostly in the bass &=
;
the sound was really, really good out of the box.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> I spoke With Eric Schandall at Stwy & asked h=
im
what was up & he said that the hammers are being pressed with more
pressure.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale Erwin
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"=
>Erwins Pianos
Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Modesto, Ca 95357<BR>209-577-8397<BR>Reb=
uilt
Steinway , Mason &Hamlin
Sales<BR>www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>