A positive Post for Steinway

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In a message dated Sun, 12 May 2002  9:11:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net> writes:

>All,
>Although I posted a negative post re. S&S hammers, I would never use any
>other shanks or wippens for a Steinway. I only use New York parts. The
>Hamburg parts are not the same and they change to touch and especially the
>tone! Those darned hexagonal shanks are a pain to deal with! I am working on
>a tool to make hex into round. The round shank is where it's at as far as
>I'm concerned!
>Regards,
>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>


May I ask you why hex is a problem?

David Koelzer
DFW