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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>My experience with the WNG shanks is as Mark describes, and do seem to twist more than wooden shanks. How important is this in relation to a hammer striking a string? Not sure that it is meaningful. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Will Truitt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ed Foote<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Shank questions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_0_db2e26df-c5ef-4012-8608-60a51aac68d4"><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>At 15:44 -0400 25/05/2011, Mark Dierauf wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>>Interestingly, although the WNG shanks are stiffer than your average <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>>wooden shank, they seem to be noticeably more prone to twisting.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'> </span></tt><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Hmm, this is the first time I have heard of this, and the several WNG shanks I have seen with hammers on them </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> didn't' seem to twist nearly as much as wooden ones did. What anecdotes do others have? </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Regards, </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Ed Foote rpt</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></div></div></body></html>