Octagonal Shanks

[Ed Sutton]

So 2 octopi = 1 hexopus?
But are they twice as strong?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)" <WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU>
To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: Octagonal Shanks


> Well, that certainly clarifies things...now we can call octopi hexopi.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Eric Wolfley
> Head Piano Technician
> Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
> University of Cincinnati
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Brekne [mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no] 
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 5:00 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: Octagonal Shanks
> 
> Maybe.... just maybe... this "hex" term is some  odd spinoff from
> computer jargon. Hex then has never meant hexigonal, but hexidecimal, or
> double octogonal.... which of course no shank is... but very loosely
> applied puter jargon often finds oct and hex intermixed and jumbled
> under the term hex... and while all p-nerds understand hex to mean a 16
> based number systems, its easy to see oct as a subset... and both are
> kind of expanded or glorified binaries at least in one sense.
> 
> So... hex...(not hexigonal) sort of means... eight !!... sort of :) 
> 
> Cheers
> RicB
> 
> 
> "Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)" wrote:
> > 
> > Jim,
> > 
> > After extensive empirical research I have determined that the shanks
> Renner
> > and others sell are indeed octagonal, so your research has now been
> > duplicated. A square with the corners cut off. I think hex rolls off the
> > tongue better than oct and sounds more sexy or something. Its hard to stop
> > being wrong sometimes.
> > 
> >
> 
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> Richard Brekne
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