All hammers damp upper partials, and thank heavens for that! To avoid it we would need knife-edged hammers on inflexible shanks. Not a sound I would work very hard to produce. Ed, With hex shanks and "B-B" type hammers, we're coming close, methinks.<G> Joseph Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I
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