Ed, Assuming you will be gluing the hammers onto the shanks first and then gluing the shank into the butts while the action is in the piano, you will be glad there is wiggle room because you will need it for aligning the hammers to the strings. Often you need to sand an angle on the bottom of the shank for alignment purposes anyway. Use a wood glue like Titebond Molding (or hide glue) with a lot of body. Alan --Alan McCoy, RPT Inland Northwest Chapter Spokane, WA ahm at webband.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of ed miller Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:52 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org; ed440 at mindspring.com Subject: shanks and butts.... It is hard to say how much wiggle room. I mic'ed the hole in the butt. It seems that it was bored with a 15/64" drill bit.... 1/64" larger than the 7/32" shank. Does that sound normal? Ed _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spa ces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us
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