<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Thanks for the post. Could you (or anyone else) elaborate on the = following statement "Not all Shanks are "traveled " straight up & down. = Depending on the horizontal Hammer angle, the Shank may be "traveled" 1 or 2 degrees = Left or Right." I was not aware of such a condition. Where/when does one = encounter this? A particular manufacturer? Is this something that is sometimes done to = otherwise correct an un-correctable action? Thanks for any clarification.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And thank you so much for your participation on this list, Mr. = Snyder. Your wisdom and insight is so much appreciated by us less experienced ones. I = have enjoyed your (and your son) classes at the conventions.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Vilsnyder@AOL.COM" title=Vilsnyder@AOL.COM>Vilsnyder@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 24, = 2001 11:28 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: = traveling/traveling/ traveling?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>To Dale. = List; <BR>We believe that Shanks should be "traveled" prior to hanging Hammers.  Today, <BR>we select a shank near the ends of each section & = a Shank in the middle, mark <BR>them with chalk & then "travel" those = marked Shanks to be used as guides. The <BR>lifting of the Shanks to = determine travel is done by pushing up on the <BR>Knuckle from underneath as this is = least apt to distort the vertical travel, & <BR>then paper as <BR>needed. = Lifting the Shank from above with a hook will distort the Shank, = <BR>especially <BR>with the lower friction on the Shank Centers, these days. Not all = Shanks are <BR>"traveled " straight up & down. Depending on the = horizontal Hammer angle, the <BR>Shank may be "traveled" 1 or 2 degrees Left or Right.  Once the sample Shanks <BR>  are "traveled", a = straight edge is used underneath all the Shanks in a <BR>section and <BR>and = comparisonmade with the samples.  This helps to speed up the process. <BR>After = <BR>the Hammers are glued on & dried, minor correction can be made by = "burning". <BR>A most critical part of the whole procedure is to carefully = evaluate the <BR>Centerpinning  &  weighing &  make = corrections before  mounting. <BR>Best regards,  Willis Snyder <BR><BR>     </FONT> = </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>