<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/19/2003 5:48:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, tcoates= 1@sio.midco.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>For those wanting to try thinned shanks they a= re available from Wally <BR>Brooks.  Kawai doesn't have the corner on t= hem.  Check out the diameter <BR>of a shank from 1900 versus a shank fr= om 1980.  Did they know something <BR>back then we have over analyzed t= oday?<BR><BR>For those wanting to try thinned shanks on already installed <B= R>shanks/hammers it is pretty easy and takes about two hours.  <BR><BR>= Tim Coates<BR>University of South Dakota<BR>University </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><= /DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>    =   <FONT size=4> Tim</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>  &nb= sp;  I've used many sets of these already & found them very good. I= lke the fact that if you order a S&S type part with a 16.5 knucle place= ment that the centerpin hasn't been moved forward as some other brands of pa= rts have been so the action spread stays the same & it truly is just a k= nuckle relocation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=4>   Da= le</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>