<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Keith,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Listening and sequencing the shanks is very fast if done correctly. I don't agree with Grotian's sequencing method. I've been sorting low pitches to the bass end and high pitches to the top for over twenty years. One basic principle I follow is a low pitched knock associated with a movement within the piano reduces power. It is one of the main reasons I change front rail felt punchings. Hard felt punchings create a low knock that robs power from the sound. I find the same to be true with the pitch of the shanks. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>But as I have said before: to each his own. Grotian does it their way and that's fine. I know what works for me. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Tim Coates</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 16, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Keith Roberts wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>My question is, if you are weighing the whole shank and flange, how do you know the distribution of the difference in weight? If 90% of the weight difference is from the knuckle through the flange, the SW wouldn't change much and so the presumed evening out of the weights is not there. The distribution of the mass could vary from shank to shank at all the different weights.</div> <div> </div> <div>I like the idea of listening to the sound of the shanks. A thinner light shank should produce a higher sound. Very quick too. </div> <div> </div> <div>Keith Roberts<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 16, 2008 5:48 PM, Jon Page <<a href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net">jonpage@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#000000"> It takes too long. Just dry fit the hammers to the shanks</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#000000">right after you've tapered them with the table saw</font> ...</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>I don't think you get the idea. Mating a shank's SW with a</div> <div>hammer weight will require less hammer mass alteration</div> <div>to achieve a smooth SW curve.</div><pre>-- </pre> <div><br>Regards,<br><br>Jon Page</div></div></blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>