<!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 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello cy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's been 80 years that continuous = center pin is no longer used in Europe.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pleyel used it on their uprights and grands.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When the hammers are well glued and = when the hammers don't hit the 3 strings properly, then you need to heat the = shanks to correct it. Sometimes it is a bit tricky because one must be carfeful = not to warp the hammer and its butt too much, otherwise it would become loose.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>