[CAUT] Parts

[Alan McCoy]

Hi Ric,

Yeah, as soon as I pressed the send button on that email I thought "4-6
grams shank weight"? "That's nonsense." Measures were Stanwood protocol. Now
I'll have to go back home to check the vitals as my memory seems to be a bit
on the porous side.

Alan


> From: RicB <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:24:47 +0100
> To: <caut at ptg.org>
> Subject: [CAUT]  Parts
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Alan.
> 
> I will buy Renner because between Renner and Abel I prefer Renner and
> because Steinway NY parts are not available here and I've never looked
> up a Tokiwa supplier here in Europe.
> 
> I nearly always repin hammer shank flanges regardless of who I have
> acquired them from.  I find that tho overall friction can seem
> reasonably consistant , each side of the bushing is less reliable thus.
> 
> Question.... Shank Radius weight at 5 grams ?????  How are you taking
> this measurement.  By Stanwood protocol I average around 1.5 grams and
> almost never see over 2 grams in a set.
> 
> Knuckles are another thing I check closely regardless of supplier. The
> S&S flange allows for cross papering.
> 
> Cheers
> RicB
> 
> 
>     When you buy your next action parts - shanks, flanges, backchecks and
>     wippens - which manufacturer are you going to choose? And why?
> 
>     Abel?
>     Tokiwa?
>     Renner?
>     Steinway?
> 
>     I am currently working on a S&S M replacing S&F only and using Abel
>     parts.
>     Not finished with the job yet, but so far I like the parts.
> 
>     Pinning consistent at around 3g.
>     Shank radius weight mostly at 5g, with a dozen at 4g and another
>     dozen at
>     6g.
>     Knuckle line is good. (Though I had to do a lot of flange papering to
>     compensate for the S&S rail design. I can't see much advantage to this
>     design. What am I missing?)
> 
>     Thanks for your thoughts and experience.
> 
>     Alan
>