<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was happy enough to hear today a = Grotrian Steinweg upright with rabbit felt hammers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Strange experience : no volume at all, = but one of the most delightful sounds I have ever heard.  Dynamic range from = PPP to P, but oh my god, what a pure sound ! And with exceptionnal singing abilities.  Has anyone else ever encountered those hammers ?  = I wonder if what I just described is due to the hammers or to something else.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane = Collin.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>