Question concerning keytops

kam544@flash.net kam544@flash.net
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:46:52 -0600


>...Question ON topic:  What are those grand shanks called that have the
>knuckle built right into them as on some  older Kimball and Ellington
>grands? real names please, not what you feel like calling them. :-)
>
>John Fortiner

Although I don't have an official reference source, John, 'shanks with
teardrop knuckles' is what I've heard them called.

Keith McGavern
kam544@flash.net
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA




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