Monday, April 18, 2011

Pointe shoe Quiz April 18, 2011


What is the shank strength of these Gaynor Mindens

This will be tricky if you aren’t familiar with Gaynor pointes.
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  1. Paul D.April 19, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    Jill ,
    This is a green bag Gaynor Mindens,
    The shank on these shoes is Gaynor Minden's HARD shank. Code is either "511," "521," or "522"- basically any 3- digit code that starts with the number 5 is a Gaynor Minden hard shank.

    How I do?

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  2. JillApril 23, 2011 at 4:05 AM

    Come on guys; Eric, Paul S, jj, Gyro, Leigha, ballet lover, anonymous and any one else who might like to try

    There are only five shank strengths for Gaynors: Hard, Featherflex, Supple, Extraflex and Pianissimo (in that order) so even guessing you stand a 20% chance of being right!

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  3. AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    OK I go for featherflex then - the most common strength
    //Gyro

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  4. UnknownApril 23, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    Sorry, Jill, but I'm not too keen on shank strengths. However, I'll take a gues of featherflex.

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  5. Ballet LoverApril 25, 2011 at 7:47 AM

    Based on theit length and the location of "where the shoes are curved", I would say they are supple (#2, pink bag), with not beeing absolutely sure.

    Whatever, I also think they are too hard for her and maybe a bit running too long (would say 1/2 size too long), based on the way the fabric seems to be extended to the floor when she's en pointe (right foot).

    Cheers,

    B_L

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  6. Paul SApril 25, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    I'll go with 'hard' (guess) although something tells me it might be 'Extraflex'...

    Will go with first though!

    Paul S

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  7. JillApril 25, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    Ok... We have two correct answers:

    The answer is hard shanks (green bag) from Paul D and a great guess from Paul S!

    Gyro and Eric going with featherflex was a logical choice, but not the right one.

    And Ballet Lover with supple was a good guess as well.

    Keep in mind that Gaynors can be heat molded to curve to the dancer’s foot regardless of shank strength.

    Thanks for participating everyone!

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  8. AnonymousApril 25, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    This is so fun.
    Looking forward to the next Quiz
    //Gyro

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