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[Ron Nossaman]

>Hmmm. Seems like you'd have to really know the hammers you were 
>hanging--from experience with the brand and "style." I was talked into 
>(only way I can say it) A. Isaac upright hammers for a Baldwin 6000. Those 
>suckers were so soft they sounded like marshmallows on sticks. So rather 
>than making pincushions out of them, I'd be more inclined to pour on the 
>lacquer before a put in another set of those. But, having only used them 
>once and having only installed new hammers 4 times, I wouldn't dare do 
>anything until I'd had them in the piano to evaluate. Am I on-track here, 
>or missing vital information?
>
>Alan Barnard

Yet with my soundboards, I've needled the Isaacs down. I don't think it's 
knowing the hammer as much as knowing the hammer in relation to the scaling 
and soundboard assembly of the specific piano.

Ron N