Schaff Tuning Levers - slap tuning

[Susan Kline]

At 04:29 PM 11/6/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Do some of you use that kind of karate method ?

Not all the time, but it sure helps get up the pitch of uprights with tight 
tuning pins.

I slap with an open palm, with the tuning lever between noon and 3 p.m. It 
took a little practice to find out how to do it without hurting my hand, 
but in the long run it saves me a lot of fatigue and sore muscles. One 
would think that the jerking motion would break more strings, but so far it 
hasn't.

Susan Kline