<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>From my own experience, reducing the mass of the hammer = moldings has minimal effect on touch weight and there are so many other factors to = consider that you would have to see the piano first hand, or at least know it's = complete history...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</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> Sunday, June 29, 2003 = 3:14 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Nice Tails = ???</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>bruce greig wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <STYLE></STYLE> Richard - NY Steinway hammers have the name Steinway stamped on the = lowest bass hammers and I  believe they still wire all the felts from = 1 to 88, though I haven't paid special attention to this lately.  btw, = what do they sound like?Bruce G</BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Dont really know what they sound like. I got this picture from = a freind who's having some touchweight problems. Struck me as an awfully lot of = tail thickness (wood), and just didnt look quite like I remember NY = Steinways looking. Wrong colour inner felt for one thing. Just a bit too red... = reminded me of these Ronsens I have had laying around forever.  Maybe its = the picture.. <P>I'll ask him about the name. Obviously no felt wire or staples here = tho. <P>-- <P>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR><A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR><A = href="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib= .no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>