<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>In a message dated 8/15/2004 3:16:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, oleg-i@noos.fr writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>    Isaac</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>    I have rechecked to see if these hamm= ers have staples & they do have a hole thru the felt & each molding but = no staple. I may have taken the staple out or perhaps the hammers were punched = for a staple but none was punched in. I don't recall. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Anyway it has been brought to my attention = that The Renner blues have never been made with a staple however I know these are= Renner blue hammers & I remember purchasing them as it was originally fo= r my own 20's model L Steinway.  So what this means is they are older than 8= years but I don't know by how much. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#0= 00000 size=2>Dale,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004>Are the Renner blue stapled ? What k= ind of American hammers are not ?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004>8 years is a tad old , but I may ask= Renner about that (more recent = hammer change).</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004>Thanks.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=697151210-15082004>Isaac</SPAN></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOT= E> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>