<!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 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Alan, you are = absolutely on track. You really have to be familiar with a product line before you can = know enough to treat them the same way you did the last set. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    That being said, = Roger was responding to how he would handle Yamaha hammers. I'd do exactly the = same thing with that particular brand while preparing to hang a new set. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    But either way, = unless you drive needles deep down into and under the crown, what ever mistakes you make = can be undone. Deep needling down low on the shoulders isn't going to do any = harm, ever, and usually does a great deal of good, IMHO. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mathstar@salemnet.com = href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">Alan R. Barnard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 18, = 2002 6:37 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Voicing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmmm. Seems like you'd have to really = know the hammers you were hanging--from experience with the brand and "style." = I was talked into (only way I can say it) A. Isaac upright hammers for a = Baldwin 6000. Those suckers were so soft they sounded like marshmallows on = sticks. So rather than making pincushions out of them, I'd be more inclined to = pour on the lacquer before a put in another set of those. But, having only = used them once and having only installed new hammers 4 times, I wouldn't = dare do anything until I'd had them in the <FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>piano to evaluate. Am I on-track here, or missing vital information?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>