This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Just thought I'd report in on the aftermath of the dreaded K-52. I slayed the beast! The pins on this thing were tight, but not as bad as some. The piano was = about 10 cents flat and kind of all over the place. I did a pitch raise = with the impact lever and a fine tuning pass with my fancy Keith Bowman = lever (NC conference door prize from several years ago!!!). I can see that the impact lever will take some getting used to. The = pitch raise took me a full hour (hey, first time with a new type lever = dude - back off!). One thing I started doing after just a few notes - as = my right hand started to freak-out from the new motion - was to use my = left hand on the lever also. I'll train myself to be an ambidextrous = impact lever tuner! I've got a screwed up right arm, and I really think = this will be an asset to my ability to pay my mortgage and buy lots of = spruce. I think I'll try and force myself to do all vertical pitch raises with = the impact lever. I figure that will be a good harmless way of getting = used to controlling it. Any experienced opinions on that? After the pitch raise, I spent 90 minutes tuning that &$*(# thing. I = guess it has been a while since I did one of these, but WOW, they really = are a different beast. I can't really even describe how the pitch goes = all over the place when you try to turn the tuning pin. Flagpoling, = bending, warping, skewing, stretching, whatever - man, there is just = something really scwewy with those things. I'll keep my four-letter = thoughts to myself (but rest assured, I have them - plenty of them!). A = very frustrating piano to tune. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:56 PM Subject: Impact Tuning Hammers I should receive a McKaffee (sp?) -type impact tuning hammer from = Schaff tomorrow. My intention is to use it for tuning a new S&S K52 on = Friday. And then other verticals with tight tuning pins (all verticals = maybe?) in the future. I bought one a couple years ago and on the first piano I tried to tune = with it I sheared the threaded portion, that the tuning tip screws onto, = right off (thanks to an S&S 1098). Naw, those tuning pins weren't tight! = Does anyone make a hydraulic tuning lever? Anyway, I'm going to give the impact lever another try. Anyone have much experience with these gizmos? Any technique tips to = offer? Thanks. Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/80/db/97/0c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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