Some thoughts on a "can of worms"

[Delwin D Fandrich]

Jim Coleman, Sr. wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> In one Clinton country factory, all vertical piano shanks get tested in
> a machine which rolls the shanks down an incline and at the bottom contrary
> pressure is applied to the shanks as they roll so that any angular grain
> shanks will break. There is a large box to collect all the shanks which fail
> this test. In the case of the grand shanks, they are all given a drop test.
> Those which have a certain thud sound are discarded. We called them rubber
> shanks. They would make the tone dull. We didn't have a roll test for grand
> shanks becuse they don't roll very well. Any obvious angular grain spotted
> was thrown out.
>
> That's the way it was when I was there anyway.
>
> Jim Coleman, Sr.

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Jim,

Not any more. In either case.

-- ddf