They may be Abels from Wally, no discernable inner felt but reinforced with colorlesss lacquer  Farrell <MFARREL2@TAMPABAY.RR.COM>wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I may be grossly mistaken, but I think a set of Abel lights I installed on a piano did not have inner felt - rather no different color inner felt - I trust your hammers had felt or wood in the inner areas? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Bondi" <TITO@PHILBONDI.COM> To: "Pianotech" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:49 AM Subject: Hammers with no inner felt. > 'mornin. > > I came across a 're-build' yesterday. Part of the improvements made involved > new hammers, shanks, etc. These hammers had no discerning inner felt. I can > tell the difference between Renners, Abels, Ronsons, etc. from the color of > the inner felt, most of the time. > > Does anyone know what kind of hammer is manufactured with no inner felt? > They sounded fine on new wire(they need a poke here and there), but I could > not tell what kind of hammer they are. > > Anyone? > > -Phil Bondi (Fl.) > tito@philbondi.com > > > > > </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1>Do You Yahoo!? <a href="http://health.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! Health</a> - Feel better, live better