<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  I probably have spares of the Abel or Rener parts which I usuall= y use for shanks not factory parts.</DIV> <DIV> Ask me why.</DIV> <DIV>   Dale</DIV> <DIV>  Because</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV>hanks Dale.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So, I was ready to change to 17 mm shanks because these wippens currently on the piano (D from 1975) are Renner.  Now, if I change to= NY "improved" wippens I'll have to test again for 16 or 16.5 mm shanks. = Not that I can't do that, of course, it's just going to take forever to get th= e right parts--unless I order sets of each size.  Is that what folks usually do?  Renner and others sure have the right idea in= providing a parts kit!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>