<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/24/2004 3:01:37 AM Pacific Standard Time, davner@k= aosol.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>original "diamond" shape.  Anytime I've f= iled hammers on a Yamaha, not only<BR>is it difficult to find a "layer", but= the crown spreads apart even worse<BR>from the filing than it already had b= een from the string cuts.  So the inner<BR>part of the hammer must be c= ompressed too much or the outer part is<BR>stretched too much, or both.<BR>&= nbsp;   If the tone is too bright after the filing, then any voicing wi= th<BR>needles near the strike point (even if it's not right ON the strike po= int)<BR>makes the crown spread apart even more.  It's very frustrating = and I'm not<BR>sure how to handle this problem.<BR>    --David Ner= eson, RPT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>   <FONT size=3>Dave</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  I don't think that tension is the culprit but den= sified felt. Yamaha hammers are a piece of work. Some of these are &nbs= p;are just pressed & densified way too hard. In fairness though som= e are better than others. I've both succeded and failed, IMO ,voicing differ= ent vintages of these rascals.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>