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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial =
id="role_document"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&gt;&gt; David =
wrote: It
took some work to find the right hammer.<span =
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
</span>As I posted, it needed something different and when I found the =
right
combination (and the board seemed picky about which hammer went on it), =
the
tone was very <span =
class=SpellE>satisfying.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I really appreciate all of the =
experience
that has been shared on this discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>David&#8217;s experience of going =
through
several different styles of hammers before finding the =
&#8220;right&#8221; one
is particularly intriguing. Now it is no trivial thing to try on =
different sets
of hammers. There is considerable expense in the hammers themselves, and
considerable expense in hours spent installing, voicing and regulating. =
David&#8217;s
experiment which he shared for free has no doubt cost him several =
thousand
dollars on this one piano.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><font size=2 color=navy =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kinda</span></fon=
t></span><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> makes it sound like what we are engaged in can be an =
expensive
hobby, eh? ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Blessings,<o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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Hand ITC";
color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dean<o:p></o:p></span></fon=
t></b></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New =
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Dean May<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>cell 812.239.3359<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>PianoRebuilders.co=
m<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span>812.235.5272<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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