[CAUT] RE : Tuning Hammer tip sizes, was Re: huge pitch raise question

[Porritt, David]

Tuning levers and tips are very personal preferences and depends on what
you get used to.  I'm using a Fujan lever with #2 Watanabe tip and 5
degrees.  Love it!  I tried a 15-degree tip for a (very) short time and
really didn't like it at all.  For another hammer I have both 1" & 5"
extensions for #1, #2 & #3 tips.  Some don't see how I can use the 5"
extension but for tuning the top treble section I don't see how you can
do it without!  Different stokes for different folks.

 

dp

 

David M. Porritt

dporritt at smu.edu

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raise question

 

My preference is as Marcel and David Skolnik wrote - I also use a 15
degree, extra short, #3, all from Schaff (Hale).  It works really well -
for me.  I've been trying to find info for our students here at NBSS
about choosing a tuning hammer tip.  It seems that the Hale tips are
very variable - ie, a #3 is not necessarily the same as the next #3 -
some #3's are larger, some are smaller, same with the #2's.  A large #2
may actually be larger than a small #3.  Or at least it seats like it is
larger.  Maybe more or less taper is the correct terminology.  My
experience with Schaff is that if you order a tip and are not satisfied
with the way it fits, you can exchange it - no problems - but it's a
hassle.  It seems that the Watanabe tips that Pianotek sells are much
more consistent from tip to tip and in size.  And they seem to fit most
heads - at least the Schaff ones.  It does fit the Renner hammers that
Keith Bowman makes, which I think are Schaff.  Keith has a nice article
on the Renner website on tuning hammers - his preference is a #2 tip, 5
degree.  I couldn't possibly tune with that - but again, to each his
own.  But he really doesn't get into how it's bored and tapered, etc.  I
would like to see material on that also.

My advise to the students here at the school is to keep looking for tip
until you find the one that fits right for you.  But it seems like
consistency in manufacture could be a little bit better.

Debbie Cyr

North Bennet St. School

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