[CAUT] strikeweight

[Chris Solliday]

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----- 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
> >>
>
>