Traveling shanks

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Dale,
                 Joe Goss of Mother Goose tools has a nice Aluminum , 
square bar, already marked.   It doubles nicely as a key leveling tool.

You are right, it's a dead sure way to travel.

Regards Roger




At 09:20 AM 5/29/2004, you wrote:
>  List
>   I just though I'd post a tech trick we've more recently employed.
>    Recently Keith Roberts who works in the shop reminded me of a Spurlock 
> technique for traveling. It requires a flat stick like the ones that come 
> in the Renner shank boxes or something like it. With a square simply mark 
> a multitude of lines the length of the stick.
>   Next with the action stack sitting on a flat clean surface we use a 
> square to travel the shanks on the end of each section so they're dead 
> accurate. Then clip the stick -o- lines to the end shanks with clothes 
> pins. Now as you lift up and down the shanks that travel are easily seen 
> moving in reference to the lines. It's a slick trick & easy to see 
> especially for those of us with bifocal.
>    Prior to this we just used a square on each shank which made it 
> tedious & eye straining.
>   Any residual traveling will show up as a minor movement after the 
> hammers are hung & can be easily corrected. You can also be sure that you 
> didn't successfully travel all the hammers going in the same direction 
> i.e. left -right
>   Happy traveling
>     Dale
>
>
>Erwins Pianos Restorations
>4721 Parker Rd.
>Modesto, Ca 95357
>209-577-8397
>Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales
>www.Erwinspiano.com

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