[CAUT] Re: Impact Tuning

[David Ilvedson]

I don't use one because I don't want to carry an extra tuning hammer.   My tuning technique in uprights is similar to impact wrench technique.  I'm tapping up or down with my regular hammer.   I have no problems with speed or accuracy, thank you very much.

David I.



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: Jeff Olson <jlolson@cal.net>
To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
Received: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:06:51 -0700
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Re: Impact Tuning


>I was puzzled not to see more of a universal recommendation of impact 
>wrenches here (for uprights).  I must be even more out of the loop than I'd 
>imagined, because I've assumed for years that impact hammers had handily won 
>over the market for upright piano tuning.

>After a few weeks of using an impact wrench (generic Schaff design), I found 
>a conventional wrench to be comparatively cumbersome, slow, and inaccurate 
>for *most* upright pianos and tuning situations (large pitch raises and 
>extremely tight pins are better served by conventional tuning wrenches, no 
>doubt).

>Again, I'm very surprised that impact hammers aren't universally preferred 
>by those who actually use them regularly (given the sampling of opinion here 
>is representative).

>I liked the impact action so much, I even built an impact wrench for grand 
>pianos, but I was never able to achieve a design that worked well for a 
>variety of pin tightnesses in the horizontal position.

>Best,

>JeffO 


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