<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5296.0" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Thanks Isaac,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>That was the grand actions, I had been thinking of, when I said the tool could be used on grands.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I don't run into many of those brands, in this neck of the woods, so I had forgotten.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=irs.pianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:irs.pianos@earthlink.net">Isaac Sadigursky</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 05, 2006 3:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Mystery tool? - not...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi,Dave! Here is the reason for this tool:old,absolete shanks for Brambach’s,Kranich [Cronic] & Bachs,older Everetts,when traveling technician with no-parts back-up can do this splicing job in the field and it doesn’t matter if this is a brocken shank for a vertical or a grand.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Of course,replacing new parts is easier and faster and it’s not a shop tool.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regarding your post about tools:I went through severall “Pregant” tool cases and learned to divide them into BS[Basic stuff] kit,BS-2[Big stuff kit],BS-3[Bulky stuff kit],etc.String stuff-separate box,Hammer shanks replacement for both verticals and grands-separate box,etc.You had a chance to see my van and we had a discussion on that.It’s definitely,not a minimalistic approach.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hope it helps. Isaac<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>David Ilvedson<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:54 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Mystery tool? - not...</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Which asks the question:  If you've got to drill out either the butt or the hammer head...why not just do them both and put in a new shank...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Pacifica</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place><BR><BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: black 2.25pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Original message<BR>From: "Israel Stein" <BR><CUSTOS3@COMCAST.NET>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Received: 3/5/2006 10:33:47 AM<BR>Subject: Mystery tool? - not...<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">At 09:41 AM 3/5/2006, pianotech-request@ptg.org wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt" cite="" type="cite"> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Puzzler?<BR></SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hello list,<BR></SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I found this tool in a box of tools given to me.  I'd like to know what it is.  A hammer shank fits all the way through each of the holes longitudinally, and the screws are perpendicular to those holes, as if the screws are meant to hold the hammer shanks in place.  (to what purpose?)  And why is there a diagonal slot sawn into the side, intersecting each of the "shaft tunnels"?<BR></SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Is this a useful tool?<BR></SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks,<BR>John Dorr</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR>John,<BR><BR>That's a hammershank repair jig. Sort of a mini miter box to make a "prosthetic" for a broken hammer shank from a new hammershank. You put your broken shank through the hole, tighten it down with the screw and saw it off through the diagonal slot  with a thin saw of some sort. You then do the same thing with a new shank - and you have a piece of shank with the same angle on one end as the one you created on the broken shank. Fit them together, glue, wind lots of thread around the joint while the glue dries, trim to size and rehang the hammer. Useful field repair when you have enough of the broken shank left to work with and shank replacement - for some reason - is not an option. The two different size holes are for different diameter shanks. The tighter the shank fits in the hole - the more precise angle of a cut you will end up with...<BR><BR>You might want to make sure that the joint and the woodgrain of the "prosthetic" are both at a right angle to the direction of the hammer blow - to minimize stress on the joint and the shank...<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Israel</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Stein</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>