On 8/28/07, Don Mannino <donmannino at ca.rr.com> wrote: > > Gordon, > > Here are my reasons for always preferring new shanks: > > - Shank wood ages and becomes more flexible with time. New hammers with > more felt are heavier than the old worn hammers, and will cause the shank > to > flex more in forte playing. The tone will be weak as a result. > - If hammers are worn, knuckles are worn. You can replace them separately > - > but then the labor begins to justify new shanks. > - Action centers have often been gummed up at some point in their lives, > and > the bushings may not perform as well as they once did. New fresh bushings > with even pinning makes for good tone and even touch. > > Don Mannino > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:20 PM > Subject: What are benefits of new shanks on upright hammer replacement ? > > > > If any. I'm trying to decide if the added expense and > > trouble is justified, for several of the pianos I'm > > working on. > > Peace, > > Thump > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's > updated > > for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. > > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > > > > Hi Gordon, Mike here again, I agree with what Don said, if it were a grand > as he described, upright shanks don't have knuckles, I just got a hundred > from Schaff and not a knuckle in the bunch. So for the average or even above > average upright, I would stand by my original answer, for the exceptional > upright yes if warranted. > I work on some exceptional uprights that have been re-hammered, keys > rebushed, flanges rebushed, dampers replaced underkey felt replaced, hammer > rail felt replaced, everything necessary was done but the shanks are the > originals. This is work done by my mentor and those that came before me, all > people I hold in high regard. People with 35 to 45 years of piano work > and/or rebuilding, each one of them PTG RPT's. -- Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070829/19b6efe0/attachment.html
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