tuning hammer tip

[David Ilvedson]

I should add to the last post that a tip wrench is a 4 sided device kinda like a tuning pin head, that that fits into the hammer tip...angled like a tuning hammer so you can put some force into tightening!  I'm sure a friendly competitor would lend you one...

David I.



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: Claudia Cimenti <claudia_cimenti@mail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 12:10:31 -0700
Subject: tuning hammer tip

>Hi all,

>I had been looking at purchasing a nice tuning hammer for a while, and my
>beloved husband said on my birthday I should go ahead and get one.
>Excitedly, I got the Schaff 21C that comes with a #3 tip, and got the #2
>tip while I was at it.

>The tips screw into the hammer head. But, blast, they come unscrewed when I
>try to tune the piano.

>What am I doing wrong???

>Getting a one-piece head and tip would of course work, but I want to know
>how to get this to work. I fully assume user error and not tool error here.

>Thanks in advance for your comments.

>Desperately,
>/Claudia


>-----
>Claudia Cimenti
>Northborough, Massachusetts
>claudia_cimenti@mail.com
>-----