<HTML>In a message dated 1/24/03 3:05:57 PM Central Standard Time, swiftspiano@hotmail.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hi all Here is a hypothetical question:  Is it worth putting high quality strings on a low quality baby grand?  And like wise, is it worth putting high quality hammers on a low quality baby grand?  Specifically, would there be a noticable difference in the sound quality or would it just be a waste of money? Ned Swift Lowell, MI </BLOCKQUOTE> "or would it just be a waste of money?" YES The reason a piano is of low quality is not because of the quality of the parts, but because of the quality of workmanship and engineering when the piano was made in the first place. If you're just going to replace the parts, you'll never hear the difference. If you want to get into redesigning the designing the piano, there might be a chance that you can get a decent sound out of it. But just replacing the parts with expensive ones is not going to do it. Wim </HTML>