This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment One of my treasured tools from my grandfather is a brace and bit, like = this one: http://tinyurl.com/3qu7o When I first complained about the awkward position of tuning a tall = upright, my dear wife wondered if this tool might not work. I haven't = tried it; has anyone else? Schaff even has a socket that will fit it = (No. 25, p.46). You might not have much fine control, but it might be the right tool for = this kind of job. It would sure be a lot more ergonomic on your back. --Cy Shuster-- Bluefield, WV ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 5:56 PM Subject: Re: Impact Tuning Hammers 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 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ce/8a/6e/c9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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