To All- I think Charles means to say knuckle moulding as opposed to hammer moulding in the first paragraph of his reply to John. I would add, also, that the Hamburg shanks seem to have more consistent friction levels in the action center but the NY knuckles are less "squeaky". Ken Sloane, Oberlin Conservatory ------------------------------- --On Fri, Dec 3, 1999 2:33 PM -0600 "Charles K. Ball" <ckball@mail.utexas.edu> wrote: > Dear John, > > Current NY (so called "improved" style) is a NYC factory produced > shank, with a 17 mm knuckle set (measured from the center of the > center pin to the center of the hammer moulding) > > Current Hamburg shank has the same dimension, but is produced by Renner > > pre-'84 is also produced at the NYC factory, but has a 15.5 mm knuckle set > > The latter shank will require more counter weight in the key (or a > helper spring on the rep), but permits a shallower dip and wider blow. > > Charles > > >>Can someone tell me the difference between the 3 styles of shanks offered >>by steinway? The three are: >> >>current NY >> >> >>current Hamburg >> >> >>pre-'84 Hamburg >> >> >>I'm primarily concerned with the difference between bewteen the 2 Hamburg >>shanks. >> >>Thanks, John Minor >>University of Illinois > > Charles Ball, RPT > School of Music > University of Texas at Austin > ckball@mail.utexas.edu
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