<HTML><HTML>In a message dated 5/15/05 5:27:37 = PM Pacific Daylight Time, antares@euronet.nl writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">, I just know my own ears like = hammers that are needled >well, and perhaps slightly touched in the extremes with some additive</B= LOCKQUOTE> Greetings,          What is "touched in the ext= remes" as you mention above? Is this the area of the hammer way way on the s= ides of the hammer's "bulb" shape or do you mean the area just outside of th= e "forbidden" 1 to 3mm strike point zone? Also, what "additive" are you refe= rring to? acetone? Thank Youp, Julia Gottshall Reading, PA</HTML>