<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=antares@euronet.nl = href="mailto:antares@euronet.nl">antares</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> Friday, May 27, 2005 4:56 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Self voicing = hammers/work hardening</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <?/bigger><BR><?fontfamily><?param = Arial><?bigger>PS  Do you have anything to share with me about 13-14 year old 8' Seiler = pianos?  :-)<BR><?/bigger><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR>They certainly do not have Wurzen felt and that makes a = impressive difference, as Ron Overs just stated.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I may be replacing the hammers on = this piano.  The piano just doesn't sound as impressive as I think it should--which is especially true right now because someone did some questionable voicing (I won't go into that).  But, it seems like = that's always been the case with this instrument--if I remember = correctly.  Have you put Wurzen felt hammers on a piano of this make, age and size?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Barbara</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>