(Less Smith:) >As regards those "oblong Shanks". I you look closely at the hammer >heads, themselves, I think that you'll find that where the shanks >come through on top, that they are round. That's how they started >out, originally, and then they were shaped as you see them. I am >unaware of anyone who offers the oblong shanks today (Hey, that >doesn't mean that someone doesn't!), I just finished replacing a set of shanks on a Steinway, using Abel shanks from Wally Brooks, and the treble section was oblong. Maybe Wally would know about other styles and makes that might be oblong? Susan Kline, R.P.T. skline@proaxis.com P.O. Box 1651, Philomath, OR 97370 (541) 929-3971 "Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious."
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