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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Yeh, what he said <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Will<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Dierauf<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Shank questions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Actually no, I was speaking of room temperature shanks. I should say that I haven't used the WNG shanks myself, but Will Truitt pointed this out to us at a chapter meeting a while back. Perhaps if he's monitoring the list he'll chime in.<br><br>- Mark<br><br>On 2:59 PM, J Patrick Draine wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ed, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think Mark may be referring to the WNG shanks' becoming very flexible (much more pliable than wood) when heat is applied to them for the purpose of twisting shanks (aligning hammers which need to have their angles corrected). My understanding is they are then quite stable when returned to room temperature. But, that's more my absorption of the party line of M&H/WNG, near neighbors in Haverhill, MA, than experience.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Patrick<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Ed Foote <<a href="mailto:a440a@aol.com">a440a@aol.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><pre><tt>At 15:44 -0400 25/05/2011, Mark Dierauf wrote:<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>>Interestingly, although the WNG shanks are stiffer than your average <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>>wooden shank, they seem to be noticeably more prone to twisting.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt> </tt><tt><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Hmm, this is the first time I have heard of this, and the several WNG shanks I have seen with hammers on them </span></tt><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><tt><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> didn't' seem to twist nearly as much </span></tt><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>as wooden ones did. What anecdotes do others have? </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Regards, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Ed Foote rpt</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>