This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Then there was the upright I worked on that had a "rancher" fixed shank. A bright yellow #2 lead pencil used for the shank. Hmmmm...and I wondered why it didn't sound or feel the same as the other notes/keys/hammers.... John Fortiner Billings, MT _____ From: Joe Garrett [mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net] Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 7:58 PM To: pianotech Subject: Different materials for hammer shanks Sarah said: "As I was eating Thai food the other night, I was wondering why nobody (??) has tried using bamboo for hammer shanks -- perhaps glued into rock maple flange parts. Perhaps some of the Asian manufacturers???)" Sarah, First, - - - Look out for that Thai Food! It'll definately put fire in yer furnace!<G> Second, - - - I ran into a "home repair" that did exactly that, on an olde upright. That one note had a strange sound to it, so I investigated and- - - - Yikes! I replaced it with a maple shank and the weirdness went away. However, if the whole set had bamboo for shanks, perhaps it would be just fine?!<G> Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d8/2b/a7/7d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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