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

[Andrew Anderson]

Speaking of head angles, I have my #2 on a 15 degree head.  I didn't 
really get to like it.  I use it for grands or uprights where I have 
clearance issues.  What I've come to like best is my shortest hammer 
with a ball end and a 5 degree tip with a #1 Watanabe.  Some really 
tight pinblocks make me reach for that tank of an extension hammer I 
have but for the most part short seems to be good.

Andrew Anderson

At 03:46 PM 1/12/2007, you wrote:

>On Jan 12, 2007, at 3:54 PM, 
><mailto:ed440 at mindspring.com>ed440 at mindspring.com wrote:
>
>>I've used a Watanabe #2 tip for about 2 years, and really like it.
>>
>>BUT...today I tuned a Seiler grand with #1 pins, and the Watanabe 
>>was resting on the coils.  Luckily I had some other tips in my 
>>backup kit.  A Schaff #2 did fine, but I think I'll order a Watanabe #1.
>
>Yes, I ordered a #1 tip on a spare head for my Bechstein customers 
>and put it on a regular 5 degree head I wasn't using.  I think it 
>works maybe a little better.  Changing heads is much easier than 
>changing tips, so go ahead and order a spare head if you don't 
>already have one.
>Jeff
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