I haven't changed my tuning head/tip since I bought it...Charles Faulk titanium, nothing to do with the hammer, I just haven't felt a need to change the tip...I'm interested a Fujan, though... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "ari isaac" <isaac at isaacpiano.com> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 10/21/2009 7:29:08 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] tuning hammer >Hi. > >I tried a Fujan hammer and then I tried Mayer Gluzman's. I find Mayer's >carbon fiber hammer gives me more control and a better feel of the tuning >pins. I have far more variety of heads and tips and I fit those to the >individual piano. I can use the Jahn heads (5,7,10,15 degrees) or an >American (Hale) head and tips. The sections and the two hardwood handles; >one elongated ball shape, the other same diameter as the carbon fiber tube >only longer than the ball shape, give me anything from a really short to a >quite long tuning hammer. I've been very pleased with it and the tunings >are very stable even on pianos where I was sure they would be wabbly. > >Ari Isaac.
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