<html> <font size=3>At 01:27 AM 12/22/2000 +0000, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>In article <3A42683F.A5458B71@jagat.com>, Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com> writes<br> <blockquote type=cite cite><blockquote type=cite cite>> The straws keep the parts well aligned.  For those of us who<br> > are straight line challenged.<br> > Newton Hunt</blockquote><br> <blockquote type=cite cite>Besides, which customer looks at a shank anyway?<br> Martin</blockquote><br> You don't understand, this is for MY convenience.  Why use<br> an ill fitting shank when I can splice the old one and<br> _nobody_ will know unless they remove the action.</blockquote><br> It's only ill fitting if you make it that way. Sorry, no matter how you dress this up for an upright hammer shank replacement it's bad workmanship to use straws.<br> Barrie</font></blockquote><br> Barrie,<br> Maybe you just haven't come across a piano which you could not get away from fast enough.<br> <br> The straw has to be a snug fit. Brass tubing works as well for a splint but it can't be sliced off<br> after the glue dries like a straw can.<br> <br> Regards,<br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>