Impact tuning hammer

[David ilvedson]

> From:          MHoffman11 <MHoffman11@aol.com>
> Date:          Sun, 14 Dec 1997 10:51:43 EST
> To:            pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject:       Re: Impact tuning hammer
> Organization:  AOL (http://www.aol.com)
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

Their right hand?



> Which allows me to ask the following:  is the impact lever a left-handed tool?
> I use my left hand when I use the tool on either verticals or grands.  I stand
> slightly to the left of the tool with the tail pointing toward the tail of the
> grand (almost always parallel with the strings).  The impact occurs about the
> 3 o'clock position.  Remember this is correcting the pitch, not fine-tuning!
> I start on A0 and continue all the way up the scale.  As I get to C7 or so, I
> change the position of the tool so that the impact force hits about 12 o'clock
> (and the tool doesn't hit the side of the case!).  It takes some getting used
> to, but I find it's a quick, easy method to correct pitch...especially on
> brand new, high-torque pinblocks.
> 
> Anyway, rephrasing my question:  how do right-handers use an impact lever?  
> 
> Stay Tuned!
> 
> Mike Hoffman, RPT
> Marquette, MI
> 
> 
ilvey
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@a.crl.com