hammer shanks

[John Ross]

Speaking of scales for weighing.
They seem to be quite expensive.
Has anyone found a reasonably priced one, that will do the job?
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@optonline.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: hammer shanks


> Weight is a good idea but I repin _after_ I have finished
messing with them, like
> hanging, shaping, filing, etc.  That "pathetic" is attributable
to some of my "mis"
> handling.
>
> I wish I still had a scale again...
>
> Newton
>
> Richard Brekne wrote:
> >
> > Newton Hunt wrote:
> >
> > > _I_ sort them by pin tightness.
> > >
> > >                 Newton
> > >
> >
> > I used to...but now I sort them after their weight ala
Stannwood. I repin anyways
> > as I have found stock pinning to be often as not rather
pathetic. On just about
> > any given set of grand shanks I have ever purchased well half
of the centers were
> > bad in one way or another.
> >
> > --
> > Richard Brekne
> > RPT, N.P.T.F.
> > Bergen, Norway
> > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
>