---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 01:27 AM 12/22/2000 +0000, you wrote: >In article <3A42683F.A5458B71@jagat.com>, Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com> writes >>> > The straws keep the parts well aligned. For those of us who >>> > are straight line challenged. >>> > Newton Hunt >> >>>Besides, which customer looks at a shank anyway? >>>Martin >> >>You don't understand, this is for MY convenience. Why use >>an ill fitting shank when I can splice the old one and >>_nobody_ will know unless they remove the action. > >It's only ill fitting if you make it that way. Sorry, no matter how you >dress this up for an upright hammer shank replacement it's bad workmanship >to use straws. >Barrie Barrie, Maybe you just haven't come across a piano which you could not get away from fast enough. The straw has to be a snug fit. Brass tubing works as well for a splint but it can't be sliced off after the glue dries like a straw can. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/1c/15/e6/d2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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