> Aha! Isn't that interesting! That must explain my inability to open up > the hammers and the weenie, nasal sound (my opinion), which has been a > problem since the piano was new. I don't know about you, but my call is that a new piano with a thin nasal sound isn't going to be helped by much of any of the admittedly few voicing magic tricks in my repertoire, and hardening the hammers would not even be in the ballpark for consideration. Sorry, that ain't growl. That's clang. Given what you have to work with, I'd recommend you abandon the original hammers, install new Ronsen Wurzens, and hope for the best. If magic hammers won't do the trick, nothing will short of replacing the board, which is too likely the real problem. I don't see Seilers here, and only get to play with them at conventions, but I generally like them and don't typically see the really obnoxious soundboard problems I see in some other products. Not that I wouldn't want to change a few things, but then I'm never satisfied with anything. No mystery there. I like the guy with the earring too, though the name escapes me. He takes product critique very very well, and gives all outward signs of thinking. Bottom line. Hammers will only get you, at best, what the soundboard and scale give you to work with. Replace the trashed hammers with decent ones, and make the best of what is there. Ron N
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