I have a Renner hammer also - except mine is an impact lever. Keith Bowman makes these for Renner and does an absolutely fabulous job on them. Mine looks like a piece of art and I get comments on it because of the beautiful piece of dark tropical hardwood he used for the handle. Yes, at $240, it is expensive but I don't see why I won't be using this for the rest of my tuning career. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 5:50 AM Subject: Re: tuning hammer > I use mine every day and I just love it! I have not used very many tuning levers, so I don't know that I speak with so much authority. I tuned for a year or so with a nylon extension hammer that I bought used. I went to the North Carolina RC in perhaps '99 (or maybe '98) and won a door prize at the banquet dinner - my Renner tuning lever. > > I think they are all similar. Mine has a lightweight metal shaft and a fancy wooden handle that terminates into a ball-like configuration. It is very comfortable. I use it for both verticals and grands. I carry a wide selection of tips and extensions for those odd situations. One thing that surprises me is that even when using a tall extension, the lever is very stable and does not want to fall off the tuning pin - don't know if other levers behave the same way or not. > > Bottom line: seems to be an excellent tuning lever - plan on using it for as long as I need to pay the mortgage (assuming rebuilding does not take care of that completely for me!) - but never would have bought one (just too expensive for my blood!) if I had not won it (although in retrospect, it would have been a good value)! > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jphouweling" <jphouweling@dccnet.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:04 AM > Subject: tuning hammer > > > > > > > >hello just wanted to know if anyone uses the renner tuning hammer > > and if so how is it > > > > > > thanks jack > > > > > > >
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