[CAUT] RE : huge pitch raise question

[David Ilvedson]

#2 is a good all around tip...#3 is too big for me...imho

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044


----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: stranges at oswego.edu
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Received: 1/11/2007 9:34:11 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] RE :  huge pitch raise question


>Oh Andrew I don't think I've ever done this to anyone here,  but I would
>like to disagree with you.
>I find that a #3 tip is truly the way to go. One get's more of the tuning
>pin inside the channel and for ME, I feel I have a better say in what
>happens overall. I only resort to a smaller sized tip when I need to.

>My tuning lever has an extra short head and a #3 tip.
>It's served me well I think!

>:)






>> Michelle,
>> Try a number one, it will change your style a little but I think you
>> might like how it really connects you to the pin.
>>
>> Andrew Anderson
>>
>> At 06:41 PM 1/11/2007, you wrote:
>>>Hi there-
>>>
>>>yeah I guess you're right someone did bring that up...
>>>
>>>I have a #3, but if I know it's getting close to the strings to begin
>>>with, I switch to a #2. I do look beforehand.
>>>
>>>Shanks!!
>>>
>>>:)
>>>michelle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hey, Michelle-
>>> >
>>> > Did anybody ask what size tip you have on your tuning hammer?
>>> > An oversized tip could act like a becket breaker.
>>> >
>>> > (Did I ask this already?)
>>> >
>>> > Ed Sutton
>>> >
>>
>>