<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Andersen wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>"This sounds like what I do as a mattere of course.  If you = imagine a <BR>triangle with its apex at the strike point, with rather steep sides, = like <BR>a steeple---this is an area you may not want to be sticking deep = needles <BR>in.  However, in my experience, putting an 11mm needle ALL the = way in <BR>along the sides of the triangle, starting almost at the strike point = and <BR>at a 15 or 20 degree angle away from the center of the hammer----3 = or 4 <BR>stiches, front and back---makes a beautiful and "permanent" = difference in <BR>tone."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I am trying to = visualize this David. Are you needling from the top of the hammer down the side of this = imaginary triangle, or are you going in from the side of the hammer, or = are you placing a series of jabs down into the hammer to the depth of the = triangle. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Sorry, not trying to = make this harder than it is. </FONT><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>