That is correct. The shanks are very rigid but after about five seconds of heat gun application, the hammer shank twists quite easily and feels like a wet noodle. Hold in place and the shank will become rigid once again, after a few more seconds. It takes some getting used to, but I found that in the end I had more control over the angle than wood and it stays put. No reheating the next day or the next week. Jude Reveley, RPT Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC Lowell, Massachusetts (978) 323-4545 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Dierauf" <pianotech at nhpianos.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] burning WNG shanks? > According to Bruce Clark, they can be burned with a heat gun quite > easily, although I believe a slightly different technique must be used. > Call them and I'm sure that they will enlighten you. I have used the > composite reps, and was quite happy with the results, but I have not yet > tried the shanks. > > - Mark > > Jim Moy wrote: >> Just got a postcard from Wessell, Nickel & Gross. I have no >> experience installing their parts. How does one go about burning >> composite shanks? (Or making the equivalent adjustment?) >> >> Jim >> > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081215/1bfe4200/attachment.html>
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