<HTML>In a message dated 9/6/02 11:10:48 PM !!!First Boot!!!, pianotuna@accesscomm.ca writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I believe the originals were really a wire tie that looped</BLOCKQUOTE> That's how Steinway hammers are still being made. Wim </HTML>