Tuning Time-Joe Goss Hammer

[Mike and Jane Spalding]

Bill,

Which of Joe's (Mother's?) hammers do you use?  I just visited his website/catalog, and the only listed hammer is the "Grand T" impact hammer.

thanks

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <SidewaysWell1713@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning Time-Joe Goss Hammer


> In a message dated 12/29/02 9:27:05 PM Central Standard Time, 
> imatunr@srvinet.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Hi Speedy Sideways Bill,
> > And my newest hammer may be a little faster yet <G>
> > Joe Goss
> > 
> > 
> 
> Yes, your hammer has a lot to do with my recent time reduction.  I guess 
> everyone must find what works for him or herself but when I first picked up 
> my Wonder Wand from Charles Huether, I liked it and used one for over 10 
> years.  Then I bought one from Joe Goss.  It took very little time to get 
> used to and I noticed that I could get more 1 stroke corrections out of it 
> than with my previous hammer.  
> 
> A few days ago, I was working with my apprentice to whom I had given my old 
> Wonder Wand.  When I made a correction with my old tuning hammer which I had 
> used to tune thousands of pianos, it felt so awkward and inferior.  Could I 
> say more?
> 
> I used the 1 stroke correction idea as a premise to reduce my tuning time and 
> did so.  Joe Goss' hammer is solid and nicely balanced.  It is the transfer 
> time from one pin to another and the time it takes to get a string into tune 
> which is parallel to the number of strokes it takes.
> 
> The fewer strokes, the faster the tuning.  There may also be something 
> enigmatic about bringing a piano into tune quickly and in a pattern which 
> introduces the new tension more evenly.  In other words, the quicker it is 
> done, the better it is, at least in many cases but certainly not all.
> 
> I highly recommend Joe Goss' tools.
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> Bill Bremmer RPT
> Madison, Wisconsin
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