[CAUT] strikeweight

[Alan McCoy]

Thanks Chris. I wondered if what you call "channelling" is what I call shank
thinning. I built a router jig some years back for this procedure. But that
was before we could easily get shank sets that have the upper portion
already thinned (channelled). Do you routinely thin (channel) all the
shanks, 1 to 88, for each set you install these days?

Alan

-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
509-359-4627


> From: Chris Solliday <csolliday at rcn.com>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:17:10 -0500
> To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] strikeweight
> 
> Reducing the sides and making them oval as you find at the treble section of
> most hammer sets. I just sort them by weight first because interestingly
> often the channeled (sometimes referred to as tapered) ones that come form
> the factory are heavier than the hex shanks. Abel and Wally Brooks sell a
> set of all channeled (tapered) shanks and flanges for Hamburg Steinway
> dimensions. I think that is the only commercially available set.
> To channel you can use a belt sander, or a router or a table saw. Also Wally
> will channel any set you buy for you if you don't want to do it yourself or
> don't have the time.
>  Anyway after channeling I sort by weight and think that this gives me the
> best tonal result as afoundation for voicing and finding strike point. My
> opinion is only empirically supported but I am working on shank pitch and
> weight/density correlation.
> Hope that helps sorry if I wasn't clear.
> Chris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu>
> To: <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] strikeweight
> 
> 
>> Chris,
>> 
>> When you refer to "channelling" shanks, what do you mean?
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
>> Eastern Washington University
>> amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
>> 509-359-4627
>> 
>> 
>>>  I pre-sort the shanks heavy to light bass to treble before I channel
> them and
>>> then again after channeling them.
>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris Solliday
>>