<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>Here's my two cents. On laquered hammers I frequently use aluminum foil= .  Just tear off an iron length sheet and lay over the hammers. Then ir= on with a dry iron.  On unlaquered or at least unlaquered by me I somet= imes I just lay a damp wash cloth over the hammers for a while (1-2 minutes)= remove and then cover with aluminum foil and iron. This gives a nice crisp = smooth finish and will sometimes remove light grooves without filing.  = If I am trying for a brighter sound I can press on the iron pretty hard and = if I just want to clean up the sound I lightly iron. TP</DIV></BODY></HTML>