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<DIV><FONT size=4>Willem,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I wouldn't do that unless the original ones have =
"Corfam" on
em'. And, even if they do, I'd replace the ''Corfam" junk with real =
leather on
the originals. It would be a whole lot less work and better to boot. =
Save
yourself a whole lot of traveling, etc. The current butts, available, =
have
(Corfam) on them too! Hate that junk!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 23, 2001 =
11:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: New hammers for =
Hamilton
school piano</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
5/23/01 6:30:38 AM Central Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:ILEENKM@AOL.COM">ILEENKM@AOL.COM</A> <BR>writes: =
<BR><BR><BR>
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MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"
TYPE="CITE">Hi All! I will be replacing the =
hammers and
reconditioning the action <BR>of a Hamilton =
studio
piano at a local school- I usually use Isaac =
<BR>hammers on most pianos but for this one I want to go =
a bit
less <BR>expensive- <BR>any suggestions for hammers =
which
be be good for this piano which is <BR>often used =
for
accompanying choirs? I would also like to choose some which =
<BR>might
help mitigate the awful brightness of the basic =
Hamilton
tone? <BR>Thanks, Ileen Kaplan <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Try =
the
Standard hammers from Schaff. <BR><BR>As a side note, unless there =
just isn't
any money, I would replace the hammer <BR>butts and flanges as well.
<BR><BR>Willem </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>