Joseph Garrett wrote: >RicB said: "..... or simply replace the knuckles >yourself and leave the shanks.. > > Depends on what you are doing.. howfar you are going... how much money the customer is going to spend... and not the least... what Jason wants to gain experience doing.. Whilst I appreciate the sentiment... I have no problem with leaving old shanks on... and have never experienced the so called brittle effect without them simple breaking. BTJMO. At least not to the degree that its worth bothering about unless you are doing an otherwise primo job.. and by that I mean whatever it takes to get the instrument up to 95 % or better of its origional potential.... If we are doing a typical <<get it playing nicely job...>> then... not. Sorry... just dont agree if this is meant as an absolute in any sense of the word. Cheers RicB >No, no AND NO! Tsk! Tsk! Ric! A 1906 hammer shank is going to be so brittle, >(ie inflexible), it's pathetic. New shanks are flexible. This helps >repitition and tone. Brittle shanks will give you a brittle tone and a >clunky action, no matter what you do, IMHO > >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) >Captain, Tool Police >Squares Are I > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >
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