straws, anyone?

[Barrie Heaton]

Dear All,

Replacing a shank with a new one is no big deal of a job in my book. 
Where _I may_ consider a straw  a _temporary_  fix, would be on a grand 
when a suitable shank is not at hand. However, with upright shanks I 
carry 4.5mm and 5mm shanks in may case, so there is no need to use 
straws, the tool and the materials to do the job correctly  are not hard 
to get hold of, or carry around with you.

Just  because it makes the job quicker does not make the straw short cut 
a legitimate repair.  Where do you draw the line - would we be saying 
next, I only tune the unisons on this type of piano because it's quicker 
then laying a scale, and tuning octaves,  because this client will not 
notice the difference on this make.

Alternatives to the normal approach should be tried. However, when the 
normal repair is simple, cheep and not over time consuming as in this 
case; then in my opinion  a new shank is the repair that should be 
employed. There is also the acoustic side of the material  to consider.



Wishing you all a nice, peaceful  Holiday,  whatever reason you choose 
to celebrate, or do.

Kind Regards

Barrie,
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