What are benefits of new shanks on upright hammer replacement ?

[Avery Todd]

OK, Dave. I'll take your word for it! :-) I'd just never heard it before.
Sorry.

Avery


On 8/30/07, David M. Porritt <dporritt at smu.edu> wrote:
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>  OK Avery, it is a word but it is the name for the sound we make to make
> certain sounds by narrowing a passage in the vocal tract.  The letter "F"
> requires a mono-labial voiceless fricative while the letter "V" is the same
> only voiced.
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Avery Todd
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:00 PM
> *To:* Pianotech List
> *Subject:* Re: What are benefits of new shanks on upright hammer
> replacement ?
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> fricative?
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> Sorry, I couldn't resisit!
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> Avery Todd
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> On 8/30/07, *gordon stelter* <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I've decided to replace them, for all of the reasons
> cited, plus adjustablity during installation, etc..
> But I'll rebuilding the butts with Ecsaine. According
> to Bob at Pianotek, it is less fricative than
> buckskin, but he hasn't quite convinced Tokiwa to use
> Ecsaine on the upright butts yet ( like they do on the
> grand knuckles ). As I'm dunking the butts in
> SuperClean, and rinsing, they'll be good and wet, and
> the shanks will just pull out. Then I'll dry them on
> nylon hardware cloth from the garden section at
> Lowe's, with 1/2 inch mesh, stretched over a  frame,
> and then refelt, etc..
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>    Thanks!
>     G
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