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dated 8/25/04 9:17:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no =
writes:
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LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Still... if New York Steinw=
ay wants their instruments that way.. then
<BR>you should for stick to it unless you can confirm it creats indefensable=
<BR>problems. Hamburg Steinway on the other hand,,,, entirely disagrees with=
<BR>New York on this matter and stays with Renner shanks with graphited
<BR>bushings and the shank tap test... that ends up being around 5-7 swings
<BR>in the middle section.. a bit more in the bass and a bit less in the
<BR>treble.
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<BR>Ric,
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<BR>This is interesting. The only graphite I've seen in centers has be=
en on seized or close-to-seized up flanges. Seems like the swings woul=
d drop to 0-1 after a not-so-long while. Do you repin these? Jus=
t curious...
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<BR>Dave Stahl</FONT></HTML>