yes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu> To: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] strikeweight > 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 > >> > >
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