<!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 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=180590120-13012002>Hello,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=180590120-13012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=180590120-13012002>From my experience, new shanks/roller on 1930 S&S does not solve touch = weight problems, but create some, because of the weight of modern parts, not to = speak of the geometry question. For easier repairs on these old instruments, I = actually think it will be more useful to keep the original parts, change = bushings, pins, roller, and find hammers with an acceptable weight and shape.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=180590120-13012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=180590120-13012002>Isaac OLEG</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=180590120-13012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=180590120-13012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>